Re: Building a new workstation - dual or quad-core CPU for FreeBSD 7?
Yes, 4BSD is still the default, although you definitely want to use ULE for performance reasons (NB: only on 7, dont use ULE on 6). I don't know whether the release engineers plan to change that default, but I will check. could you point to some URL/explain what's the actual difference. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Anyone can tell anything on this crash?
As per subject; this is a 6.2p7/i386 uniprocessor box with options
INVARIANTS,INVARIANT_SUPPORT,WITNESS,DEBUG_LOCKS,DEBUG_VFS_LOCKS,DIAGNOSTIC
enabled and running a couple of gmirror mirrors.
bye Thanks
av.
# kgdb kernel.debug /var/crash/vmcore.2
kgdb: kvm_nlist(_stopped_cpus):
kgdb: kvm_nlist(_stoppcbs):
[GDB will not be able to debug user-mode threads: /usr/lib/libthread_db.so: Undefined
symbol ps_pglobal_lookup]
GNU gdb 6.1.1 [FreeBSD]
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This GDB was configured as i386-marcel-freebsd.
Unread portion of the kernel message buffer:
panic: 0xc3be4440 is not a g_consumer
Uptime: 38d17h46m33s
Dumping 510 MB (2 chunks)
chunk 0: 1MB (159 pages) ... ok
chunk 1: 510MB (130544 pages) 494 478 462 446 430 414 398 382 366 350 334 318
302 286 270 254 238 222 206 190 174 158 142 126 110 94 78 62 46 30 14
#0 doadump () at pcpu.h:165
165 __asm __volatile(movl %%fs:0,%0 : =r (td));
(kgdb) bt
#0 doadump () at pcpu.h:165
#1 0xc04c4e60 in boot (howto=260) at /usr/src/sys/kern/kern_shutdown.c:409
#2 0xc04c510b in panic (fmt=0xc05f89e3 %p is not a g_consumer) at
/usr/src/sys/kern/kern_shutdown.c:565
#3 0xc049670b in g_vfs_strategy (bo=0x0, bp=0xcd605a50) at
/usr/src/sys/geom/geom_vfs.c:97
#4 0xc057a805 in ffs_geom_strategy (bo=0xc45ce7d8, bp=0xcd605a50) at
/usr/src/sys/ufs/ffs/ffs_vfsops.c:1800
#5 0xc0509a7b in breadn (vp=0xc45ce6cc, blkno=224, size=16384, rablkno=0x0,
rabsize=0x0, cnt=0, cred=0x0, bpp=0x0) at buf.h:426
#6 0xc050997c in bread (vp=0xc45ce6cc, blkno=224, size=16384, cred=0x0,
bpp=0xd699a790) at /usr/src/sys/kern/vfs_bio.c:719
#7 0xc0579d04 in ffs_vget (mp=0xc31452e4, ino=2, flags=0, vpp=0xd699a7bc) at
/usr/src/sys/ufs/ffs/ffs_vfsops.c:1313
#8 0xc0583169 in ufs_root (mp=0x0, flags=2, vpp=0x0, td=0xc3477300) at
/usr/src/sys/ufs/ufs/ufs_vfsops.c:78
#9 0xc0513b77 in lookup (ndp=0xd699a8a0) at /usr/src/sys/kern/vfs_lookup.c:648
#10 0xc05131b6 in namei (ndp=0xd699a8a0) at /usr/src/sys/kern/vfs_lookup.c:211
#11 0xc051d694 in kern_statfs (td=0xc3477300, path=0x0, pathseg=UIO_USERSPACE,
buf=0xd699aaf4) at /usr/src/sys/kern/vfs_syscalls.c:260
#12 0xc051d611 in statfs (td=0xc3477300, uap=0xd699ad04) at
/usr/src/sys/kern/vfs_syscalls.c:242
#13 0xc05d3d6b in syscall (frame=
{tf_fs = 59, tf_es = 59, tf_ds = 59, tf_edi = 6, tf_esi = 134540048,
tf_ebp = -1077941864, tf_isp = -694571676, tf_ebx = 6, tf_edx = 110, tf_ecx =
134537216, tf_eax = 396, tf_trapno = 12, tf_err = 2, tf_eip = 671914147, tf_cs
= 51, tf_eflags = 514, tf_esp = -1077941908, tf_ss = 59}) at
/usr/src/sys/i386/i386/trap.c:983
#14 0xc05c2a8f in Xint0x80_syscall () at /usr/src/sys/i386/i386/exception.s:200
#15 0x0033 in ?? ()
Previous frame inner to this frame (corrupt stack?)
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Re: remote [ssh] Backspace] key gives me ^?
Gary Kline wrote: On Sat, Sep 15, 2007 at 02:31:40PM -0600, Chad Perrin wrote: On Sun, Sep 16, 2007 at 08:40:00PM +0300, Jordan Gordeev wrote: Gary Kline wrote: I find that if I use Settings - Keyboard and then select FreeBSD Console, I come fairly close. Then [Backspace] backs up, but the characters are not erased as I space backways. UsingTerminal, it defaults to this. Characters are not erased for me when I hit backspace in vi. In vim, they are. Yeah . . . I'm pretty sure that's normal behavior for vi/nvi. Using backspace, then hitting ESC to return to command mode, might cause the backspace text to disappear. Typing after backspacing might overwrite the backspaced text without having to leave insert mode, too. I'm going on memory, here, and may be mistaken -- I didn't use nvi for very long before going back to Vim. There are Lots of thing I like about vim, but after having fouled up with the undo's and lost some critical writing or code, I went back to what I've usedsince Bill Joy pointed me at vi. vi only takes ONE hand, emacs takesat least 8 hands and a few spare thumbs!!! gary Vim's undo can behave like vi's. Try :help undo or :help compatible. How do you manage to use vi with only one hand? I need two :-) -- CCD CopyWrite Chad Perrin [ http://ccd.apotheon.org ] W. Somerset Maugham: The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: flash plugin after xorg update
On Monday 17 of September 2007 04:52:06 Norberto Meijome wrote: *(my symptoms were a bit different though, it would just time out when calling flash... so each flash object in a page would take 40 seconds or sosllooo brooowwwsssiiinnn :-) ) This same behavior I have. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Setting default keymap in kernel
Is there any way to set the keyboard layout in the kernel other than the default us.iso (qwerty) layout? I tried looking in the man pages and the most that I got were some options. The documentation instructed me to put these in my kernel config: options ATKBD_DFLT_KEYMAP makeoptions ATKBD_DFLT_KEYMAP=layout options ATKBD_DFLT_KEYMAP=layout I did just that. I recompiled my kernel and boot with it, but still got the old layout qwerty layout. I tried the same with a USB keyboard with these options: options UKBD_DFLT_KEYMAP makeoptions UKBD_DFLT_KEYMAP=layout options UKBD_DFLT_KEYMAP=layout I got the same effect. Thanks in advance. -- Rommel M. Martinez [EMAIL PROTECTED] GPG Key ID: 0x91C6711C ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: /dev/random question
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of RW Sent: Sunday, September 16, 2007 1:56 PM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: /dev/random question That's a poor analogy because they haven't improved /dev/random so it doesn't block, they've taken a /dev/urandom implementation and renamed it. In terms of your analogy they've blocked off the road, diverted everyone onto the highway, and renamed it to main street. Using Yarrow for /dev/random is not an intrinsically bad idea, but it is controversial. I really don't see what the issue is here. If you really want a /dev/urandom on your system then fine - symlink /dev/random to /dev/urandom and be done with it. Historically on UNIXes, /dev/urandom has been LESS random than /dev/random. In short, it forced the application developer to make a tradeoff - if they needed a lot of random numbers quickly, they had to be content with the stream of numbers being less random. Where you often saw this is in game programming - and less-random inputs to games made them predictable, and thus, not as fun to play. With crypto apps, they just made those apps run -slower- as the app waited for the random device to give it randomness. if you really want a source that is kind of random but really isn't then use the rand library call which doesen't use yarrow. And as for using Yarrow for /dev/random, well the /dev/random device uses the hardware random generator on the VIA C3 Nehemiah (stepping 3 or greater) CPU, not Yarrow, if such a CPU is present. For those that think Yarrow is controversal then fine - add in support for the hardware random generator of your favorite processor (most have one now) and quit complaining. Ted ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
disklabel does not write disklabel
Hello guys! I tried to recover my partitions, which I remeved by accident. I used scan_ffs to create a new disklabel, which found all partitions, but when I use disklabel with -e or -R it does not write the table down. I think there's something I forgot or did wrong perhaps, but I'm not getting what it is. I put the log on http://home.schottelius.org/~nico/unix/freebsd/bsdlabel-edit-notsave Perhaps someone has an idea what I'm doing wrong. Sincerly Nico -- Think about Free and Open Source Software (FOSS). http://nico.schottelius.org/documentations/foss/the-term-foss/ PGP: BFE4 C736 ABE5 406F 8F42 F7CF B8BE F92A 9885 188C signature.asc Description: Digital signature
RE: /dev/random question
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of RW Sent: Sunday, September 16, 2007 7:24 PM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: /dev/random question On Sun, 16 Sep 2007 23:51:56 +0200 Mel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sunday 16 September 2007 22:55:50 RW wrote: On Sun, 16 Sep 2007 15:21:38 +0200 An applicatation using /dev/random doesn't see the difference. It was necessary at the time, because systems couldn't produce enough entropy, so they could put the application on hold till more was available. All the application wants is randomness and it accounts for the fact that it can be blocked, yet it never gets blocked so it's happy(tm) either way. Also, I can't see how you can usefully improve on /dev/random other then getting rid of the blocking, so applications don't have to account for it. Using Yarrow for /dev/random is not an intrinsically bad idea, but it is controversial. Removing /dev/random all together would be controversial. This is just backwards compatibility. Nothing changed as far as a consumer of /dev/random is concerned. It's not about interfaces or performance - it's about security. The difference is that Yarrow is a PRNG that reuses the same 160 bits of entropy until it reseeds itself. A traditional /dev/random will output fewer random bits than it get in as interrupt entropy (a good implementation will be conservative about this). A lot of people prefer the latter approach for critical things like key generation. Understood but this was already known by the authors of the FreeBSD /dev/random device. If the system is running on the software generator (yarrow) the generator is reseeded from entropy gathered from the system. The lan, serial, hardware and software interrupts in the system all supply entropy. If for some reason the PRNG cannot gather enough entropy fast enough to reseed then the status of the sysctrl kern.random.sys.seeded changes from 1 to 0 and the /dev/random device will start blocking until entropy allows a reseed OR a process with superuser privileges writes something to the random device which will be used for reseed. This is documented in the man page. Now I hear you saying Ah ha - so the FreeBSD random device does block after all Well, yes and no. In most random devices under UNIX they are very slow. So it is easy for the system to overrun the random device. But Yarrow is fast enough so that the question of blocking becomes theoretical, not practical. I've run randomness test programs on a number of FreeBSD systems with the Yarrow-based driver that were doing nothing else and the device has never blocked. And the test program has indicated the non-randomness to be unmeasurably small. Now, maybe I had a slow CPU and a busy network. But a faster CPU would just generate entropy faster. And I would think that someone running the fastest FreeBSD system possible would be on a busy gigabit network, don't you? Lots of entropy there to feed the seed I think. This is just off the top of my head, but for example, say I want to create a data dvd that's encrypted with a unique keyfile. I may have a script that starts like this: # Create a dvd image file prefilled with random bits dd if=/dev/urandom of=./dvd bs=1m count=4480 # Create a random 512-bit keyfile dd if=/dev/random of=./keyfile bs=64 count=1 With FreeBSD 6.2 both files will be filled by Yarrow and it's likely that the end of ./dvd and the whole of ./keyfile will come from the same Yarrow pseudo-random sequence. If enough of the random data survives at the end of the dvd it may allow an attack against the PRNG. No, it wouldn't. The PRNG attacks are dependent on the PRNG being bad enough that the algorithim favors certain groups of numbers regardless of the seed being fed to it. In this instance you would look at the random bits at the end of the dvd that your encrypted data hadn't overwritten, observe the clumping, and that would vastly decrease the keyspace you would need to search on a brute force attack on the key used to create the random sequence. However the Yarrow algorithim is written specifically to avoid such clumping and as of yet no one has proven that it does clump. Secondly, you could easily avoid the problem by after filling the image, forcing a reseed by writing the data you want to encrypt into the random device as root, and it would reseed when you closed the write. As things stand, Yarrow is secure, but it might not be a few years from now. That's true for all encryption assuming computing power continues to grow by leaps and bounds. Ted ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: disklabel does not write disklabel
bsdlabel: partition c doesn't cover the whole unit! bsdlabel: An incorrect partition c may cause problems for standard system probably because of that.. other reason - the device is open by other process ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: /dev/random question
On Mon, 17 Sep 2007 03:10:30 -0700 Ted Mittelstaedt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of RW Sent: Sunday, September 16, 2007 7:24 PM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: /dev/random question On Sun, 16 Sep 2007 23:51:56 +0200 Mel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sunday 16 September 2007 22:55:50 RW wrote: On Sun, 16 Sep 2007 15:21:38 +0200 An applicatation using /dev/random doesn't see the difference. It was necessary at the time, because systems couldn't produce enough entropy, so they could put the application on hold till more was available. All the application wants is randomness and it accounts for the fact that it can be blocked, yet it never gets blocked so it's happy(tm) either way. Also, I can't see how you can usefully improve on /dev/random other then getting rid of the blocking, so applications don't have to account for it. Using Yarrow for /dev/random is not an intrinsically bad idea, but it is controversial. Removing /dev/random all together would be controversial. This is just backwards compatibility. Nothing changed as far as a consumer of /dev/random is concerned. It's not about interfaces or performance - it's about security. The difference is that Yarrow is a PRNG that reuses the same 160 bits of entropy until it reseeds itself. A traditional /dev/random will output fewer random bits than it get in as interrupt entropy (a good implementation will be conservative about this). A lot of people prefer the latter approach for critical things like key generation. Understood but this was already known by the authors of the FreeBSD /dev/random device. If the system is running on the software generator (yarrow) the generator is reseeded from entropy gathered from the system. The lan, serial, hardware and software interrupts in the system all supply entropy. If for some reason the PRNG cannot gather enough entropy fast enough to reseed then the status of the sysctrl kern.random.sys.seeded changes from 1 to 0 and the /dev/random device will start blocking until entropy allows a reseed OR a process with superuser privileges writes something to the random device which will be used for reseed. This is documented in the man page. You didn't read it carefully enough (although the page isn't very clear). Yarrow starts-off blocked; when it's accumulated a certain amount of entropy (usually from the entropy file) it unblocks and kern.random.sys.seeded switches from 0 to 1. It will *never* switch back to zero of its own accord. What the man page is saying is that if you set kern.random.sys.seeded=0 the device will return to the initialization state where it waits for enough entropy to unblock again. Now I hear you saying Ah ha - so the FreeBSD random device does block after all Well, yes and no. In most random devices under UNIX they are very slow. So it is easy for the system to overrun the random device. But Yarrow is fast enough so that the question of blocking becomes theoretical, not practical. I've run randomness test programs on a number of FreeBSD systems with the Yarrow-based driver that were doing nothing else and the device has never blocked. This is based on the misconception that Yarrow will block when it runs short of entropy - it doesn't, it simply reuses it indefinitely. ... ... With FreeBSD 6.2 both files will be filled by Yarrow and it's likely that the end of ./dvd and the whole of ./keyfile will come from the same Yarrow pseudo-random sequence. If enough of the random data survives at the end of the dvd it may allow an attack against the PRNG. No, it wouldn't. The PRNG attacks are dependent on the PRNG being bad enough that the algorithim favors certain groups of numbers regardless of the seed being fed to it. ... As things stand, Yarrow is secure, but it might not be a few years from now. That's true for all encryption assuming computing power continues to grow by leaps and bounds. My point was that Yarrow may have weaknesses that we don't yet understand. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: /dev/random question
On Mon, 17 Sep 2007 02:20:17 -0700 Ted Mittelstaedt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of RW Sent: Sunday, September 16, 2007 1:56 PM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: /dev/random question That's a poor analogy because they haven't improved /dev/random so it doesn't block, they've taken a /dev/urandom implementation and renamed it. In terms of your analogy they've blocked off the road, diverted everyone onto the highway, and renamed it to main street. Using Yarrow for /dev/random is not an intrinsically bad idea, but it is controversial. I really don't see what the issue is here. If you really want a /dev/urandom on your system then fine - symlink /dev/random to /dev/urandom and be done with it. My point was that Yarrow is a good choice for /dev/urandom but a controversial choice for /dev/random, so it would have been nice to have a choice as to whether /dev/random uses Yarrow or a conventional pool-based implementation. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: /dev/random question
Not high-handed. Logical. The difference between /dev/random and /dev/urandom was that /dev/random could block IO if it didn't have enough entropy in systems where /dev/random is separate simply abusing it by cat /dev/random /dev/null make all other programs using it very very slow. as unix is a multiuser system and /dev/random is readable for all - it wasn't very good. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: /dev/random question
same Yarrow pseudo-random sequence. If enough of the random data survives at the end of the dvd it may allow an attack against the PRNG. As things stand, Yarrow is secure, but it might not be a few years from now. always humans make most of security problems, not programs. if you need more security simply modify random generation code. even if it will be worse after your modification, it will be unique, and unknown to attackers. and that's the best protection ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How to add rule with pfctl...
2007/9/15, Mel [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
On Saturday 15 September 2007 23:18:17 Agus wrote:
I am trying to figure out how to add a firewall rule with pfctl...
This is what i'm trying to do...
I've got SEC that matches certain pattern and takes the IP from that and
want to trigger a firewall rule to block that IP
Then after a couple of hours SEC will trigger the command to un-block
the
IP...
So what i need is the command to block an IP address from command line,
not
touching any pf.conf
If you don't need to add a rule but an IP, then tables are your friend.
Example for /etc/pf.conf:
# Placeholder for spammers table, non-routable network IP.
table spammers persist { 192.168.111.111 }
# Block this traffic
block return-rst in log on $ext_if proto tcp from spammers port smtp
Then on the command line:
/sbin/pfctl -t spammers -Tadd ip.from.new.spammer
And to delete:
/sbin/pfctl -t spammers -Tdel ip.from.old.spammer
--
Mel
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Great...Thanks Mel, this was what i was looking...although not fot spammers
but for ssh brute-force attacks detected by SEC
Very nice...
See ya
PS: Question...Is there a log where i can look if pf is down, so i can check
with SEC...?
thanks
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Bash mailing list…
Hello, I would like to know if anyone of you knows a good maling list about bash programing (beginners). Thx for your anwser(s). Sincerly yours. Gregober --- PGP ID -- 0x1BA3C2FD bsd @at@ todoo.biz P Please consider your environmental responsibility before printing this e-mail ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: flash plugin after xorg update
This flash issue has made me reconsider buying a low-end laptop running vista, so I dont have the urgency to deal with this issue. One thing I need flash to work is that I watch mlbtv, and it requires flash plugin to initiate. Also for some other multimedia on the internet, having flash working just makes it so much easier... uhn TFC On 9/17/07, Zbigniew Komarnicki [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Monday 17 of September 2007 04:52:06 Norberto Meijome wrote: *(my symptoms were a bit different though, it would just time out when calling flash... so each flash object in a page would take 40 seconds or sosllooo brooowwwsssiiinnn :-) ) This same behavior I have. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: linux-firefox dies after xorg update
On Sun, Sep 16, 2007 at 10:40:44AM +, beni wrote: On Saturday 15 September 2007 19:10:02 Andrew Pantyukhin wrote: On Sat, Sep 15, 2007 at 02:51:08PM +, beni wrote: Hi, After updating xorg to 7.3 (and adding a new ServerFlags section to my /etc/X11/xorg.conf to put ignoreABI to on to get kdm back), now my linux-firefox does not start any more. It dies with the following error : [EMAIL PROTECTED] /usr/home/beni]$ linux-firefox /home/beni/.gtkrc-2.0:12: Unable to find include file: ~/.gtkrc.mine Could you try moving ~/.gtkrc-2.0 somewhere else temporarily? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: is there any way of turning muttrc list into an evolution or other mail alias database?
On Sun, Sep 16, 2007 at 09:27:03PM -0700, Gary Kline wrote: This may be a bit off the wall, but does anybody have a tool to take my dozens of mutt aliases and turn them into an evolution -style database format? (if not, is there any universal address-book app that I could use?) A sed one-liner could probably solve the problem, but try mail/abook - it's a nice converter. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
6.2 AMD64 Ports Problem
I downloaded the 6.2 AMD64 disk 1 iso, installed it and updated the ports with cvsup. However, when I try to install xorg it's looking for ports that are not in the packages-6.2 folder. Instead they are in the packages-7-current or packages-current folder. Is it safe to install from those folders? In an attempt to get one of the updated ports I put in the /root/.profile PKG_PATH=ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/amb64/packages-current; and logged out. But when I run PKG_ADD -r dri-7.0.1,2.tbz. It tells me it could not find the port. Why doesnt it pick up the PKG_PATH from the .profile? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: can't `make index` on 4.11-STABLE
On Mon, Sep 10, 2007 at 07:00:35PM -0600, Kenny Dail wrote: I have a problem trying to `make index` on a machine running 4.11-STABLE after cvsup-ing the ports tree. Make sure you have cvsup'd your ports tree with the RELEASE_4_EOL tag Then as you are not planning on installing anything multimedia rm /usr/ports/multimedia/gstreamer-plugins/Makefile.common touch /usr/ports/multimedia/gstreamer-plugins/Makefile.common should allow you to make index. (worked for me anyways). thanks Kenny, I did what you described and was able to run the `make index` command successfully. Being able to continue with this machine as is, without a makeover to freebsd 6, is ok for the role that it has. For now anyway. So far so good, Sean Ellis ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
cron jobs not done during sleep
Correct me if I'm wrong, but cron doesn't keep track of the last time something was done, does it? Which is to say if my system is crashed, was asleep, or powered off when a job is supposed to happen, it will not happen the next time the system is successfully operational, will it? It's not obvious to me for sure either way from any sources I've read (man crontab, google), and unix tends towards k.i.s.s. (which is why we like it) ...I understand why that would be important behavior if something would cause problems executed other than 9am on Mondays... Is there a tool or setting to implement this functionality? I want something to happen weekly, I don't care when. Assume I am off the commercial power grid and I'm not going to leave my system powered on just to make sure my backups get run. I use it when I need it, then I turn it off. More people should. Electricity is not free from a economic, social, or environmental perspective, and promises to be less so with time. Thanks, Steve ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
6.2 AMD64 Ports Problem
I downloaded the 6.2 AMD64 disk 1 iso, installed it and updated the ports with cvsup. However, when I try to install xorg it's looking for ports that are not in the packages-6.2 folder. Instead they are in the packages-7-current or packages-current folder. Is it safe to install from those folders? In an attempt to get one of the updated ports I put in the /root/.profile PKG_PATH=ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/amb64/packages-current; and logged out. But when I run PKG_ADD -r dri-7.0.1,2.tbz. It tells me it could not find the port. Why doesnt it pick up the PKG_PATH from the .profile? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: cron jobs not done during sleep
In response to Steve Franks [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Correct me if I'm wrong, but cron doesn't keep track of the last time something was done, does it? Which is to say if my system is crashed, was asleep, or powered off when a job is supposed to happen, it will not happen the next time the system is successfully operational, will it? It's not obvious to me for sure either way from any sources I've read (man crontab, google), and unix tends towards k.i.s.s. (which is why we like it) ...I understand why that would be important behavior if something would cause problems executed other than 9am on Mondays... Is there a tool or setting to implement this functionality? I want something to happen weekly, I don't care when. Assume I am off the commercial power grid and I'm not going to leave my system powered on just to make sure my backups get run. I use it when I need it, then I turn it off. More people should. Electricity is not free from a economic, social, or environmental perspective, and promises to be less so with time. BSD's cron doesn't have this functionality. The Linux folks have a cron-ish program that does recognize when jobs have been missed and runs them at the earliest opportunity. I dislike it, personally, but I can see where it's convenient in some circumstances. http://anacron.sourceforge.net/ It's in ports. -- Bill Moran http://www.potentialtech.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: cron jobs not done during sleep
On Mon, Sep 17, 2007 at 08:22:45AM -0700, Steve Franks wrote: Correct me if I'm wrong, but cron doesn't keep track of the last time something was done, does it? Which is to say if my system is crashed, was asleep, or powered off when a job is supposed to happen, it will not happen the next time the system is successfully operational, will it? It's not obvious to me for sure either way from any sources I've read (man crontab, google), and unix tends towards k.i.s.s. (which is why we like it) ...I understand why that would be important behavior if something would cause problems executed other than 9am on Mondays... Is there a tool or setting to implement this functionality? I want something to happen weekly, I don't care when. Assume I am off the commercial power grid and I'm not going to leave my system powered on just to make sure my backups get run. I use it when I need it, then I turn it off. More people should. Electricity is not free from a economic, social, or environmental perspective, and promises to be less so with time. Is easy enough to implement yourself. Write a script containing your weekly commands. Launch it every hour or so. First thing in your script look for a flag file indicating last time your script was run. If it does not exist, create it (suggest using touch), and run the rest of your script. If the flag file does exist compare dates. If older than some specified interval then touch(1) it and run the rest of your script. Might get fancy and code the date test in the crontab command field. /var/run might be a good place to put your flag file. Notice the test(1) utility can compare new/older file dates and that touch(1) can stamp a future date on the file. You can compile a future date with date -v +1W. Play with the formatting options to make the output compatible with input to touch. -- David Kelly N4HHE, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Whom computers would destroy, they must first drive mad. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: flash plugin after xorg update
On Monday 17 September 2007, Tsu-Fan Cheng wrote: This flash issue has made me reconsider buying a low-end laptop running vista, so I dont have the urgency to deal with this issue. One thing I need flash to work is that I watch mlbtv, and it requires flash plugin to initiate. Also for some other multimedia on the internet, having flash working just makes it so much easier... uhn You may also consider a remote machine witch runs windows and to witch you connect using remote desktop. I'm very pleased with this setup - desktop computer with no monitor/keyboard/mouse runs windows under the desk and i use freebsd on the laptop on witch windows is just another windows. The only thing i don't have is alt-tab on windows. -- Best Regards, Iulian Margarintescu http://www.erata.net [EMAIL PROTECTED] (spamassassin pf spamd all said it's OK to make it public ;-) ) Key ID: 0x03176E5CEDEFF7AB I prefer plain text email signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
Questions about passwd files
Hi everyone, I'm building a new FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE system, and I need to move a ton of users from the old FreeBSD 4.8-RELEASE system. I was hoping it would be as easy as copying the master.passwd, passwd, and group files to the new box and rebooting, but No. It's not. Is there a way to migrate users from the old box to the new one? I don't care so much about migrating all their home directory contents or mail, I just want a method to add all the old users passwords and groups to the new machine, and create the user directories in a batch operation. Thanks! -- Tim DeBoer Just once, I'd like it if someone called me Sir. Without adding You're creating a scene. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Questions about passwd files
Tim DeBoer wrote: Hi everyone, I'm building a new FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE system, and I need to move a ton of users from the old FreeBSD 4.8-RELEASE system. I was hoping it would be as easy as copying the master.passwd, passwd, and group files to the new box and rebooting, but No. It's not. Is there a way to migrate users from the old box to the new one? I don't care so much about migrating all their home directory contents or mail, I just want a method to add all the old users passwords and groups to the new machine, and create the user directories in a batch operation. Thanks! You did run pwd_mkdb after moving the master.passwd file didnt you ? (see pwd_mkdb(8)) Vince ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
vim undo (was Re: remote [ssh] Backspace] key gives me ^?)
* Gary Kline [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2007-09-16 19:29:08 -0700]: There are Lots of thing I like about vim, but after having fouled up with the undo's and lost some critical writing or code, I went back to what I've usedsince Bill Joy pointed me at vi. Presumably, you are talking about vi's (and vim's) habit of writing over changes that have been undone. This problem has been nullified in Vim 7 by the addition of undo branches. You can now go back to the text after any change -- even if they were undone. Another nice thing is that changes are also now timestamped. You can go backward/forwawrd in time in the buffer (e.g. :earlier 10m goes to the text as it was ten minutes earlier). hth, Thomas -- N.J. Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] Etiamsi occiderit me, in ipso sperabo ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: linux-firefox dies after xorg update
On Monday 17 September 2007 02:54:23 Norberto Meijome wrote: On Sat, 15 Sep 2007 14:51:08 + beni [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm running 6.2-Stable with linux-firefox 2.0.0.6. I'm curious... do you mind if I ask why are you using linux-firefox? if it is due to flash, it works just as well with native firefox. (and yes, i went over to 7.3 with zilch issues.) It is basicaly for the plugins, yes. Flash, mplayer,... -- Beni. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: linux-firefox dies after xorg update
On Monday 17 September 2007 14:42:28 Andrew Pantyukhin wrote: On Sun, Sep 16, 2007 at 10:40:44AM +, beni wrote: On Saturday 15 September 2007 19:10:02 Andrew Pantyukhin wrote: On Sat, Sep 15, 2007 at 02:51:08PM +, beni wrote: Hi, After updating xorg to 7.3 (and adding a new ServerFlags section to my /etc/X11/xorg.conf to put ignoreABI to on to get kdm back), now my linux-firefox does not start any more. It dies with the following error : [EMAIL PROTECTED] /usr/home/beni]$ linux-firefox /home/beni/.gtkrc-2.0:12: Unable to find include file: ~/.gtkrc.mine Could you try moving ~/.gtkrc-2.0 somewhere else temporarily? Moved the file out of the way, but still the same result : [EMAIL PROTECTED] /usr/home/beni]$ linux-firefox The program 'firefox-bin' received an X Window System error. This probably reflects a bug in the program. The error was 'BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes)'. (Details: serial 102 error_code 8 request_code 145 minor_code 3) (Note to programmers: normally, X errors are reported asynchronously; that is, you will receive the error a while after causing it. To debug your program, run it with the --sync command line option to change this behavior. You can then get a meaningful backtrace from your debugger if you break on the gdk_x_error() function.) [EMAIL PROTECTED] /usr/home/beni]$ -- Beni. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: /dev/random question
On Mon, 17 Sep 2007 15:50:33 +0200 (CEST) Wojciech Puchar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: same Yarrow pseudo-random sequence. If enough of the random data survives at the end of the dvd it may allow an attack against the PRNG. As things stand, Yarrow is secure, but it might not be a few years from now. always humans make most of security problems, not programs. Yes, indeed. This, and poor key management techniques... if you need more security simply modify random generation code. even if it will be worse after your modification, it will be unique, and unknown to attackers. and that's the best protection Just because it is unknown to attackers doesn't mean that it is more secure. You can inadvertently produce *less* entropy and randomness without even noticing it, and cryptanalysts are *very* good at identifying this with statistical and other mathematical methods, even without knowing the algorithm used to generate the random stream. Security through obscurity (even for algorithms generating random sequences) isn't the way to go if you're really security-aware. -- Cordula's Web. http://www.cordula.ws/ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Clarification on updating FreeBSD through csup
Hi there! Just seeking a clarification on keeping FreeBSD up-to-date through csup. I am on FreeBSD 6.2 and want to keep up-to-date for security patches etc. I understand I can use csup to follow the RELENG_62 branch. After the sources are downloaded, do I have to follow all the steps outlined in this (http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/makeworld.html) handbook document? I can understand building and installing world and kernel, but would I have to reboot to single user and do the mergemaster stuff too? I *think* I might not have to do mergemaster coz security updates shouldn't have changes in the /etc files and so there'd be no need for merging files. And I *think* I might have to reboot depending on whether I use the stuff being affected or not ... But I'd like a clarify from more knowledgeable folks nevertheless. :) Also, would the make buildworld installworld part take a long time? Or through the magic of make it just compiles the stuff that's getting updated (and stuff that requires on this)? TIA, - Rakhesh http://rakhesh.net/ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How to add rule with pfctl...
2007/9/15, Mel [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
On Saturday 15 September 2007 23:18:17 Agus wrote:
I am trying to figure out how to add a firewall rule with pfctl...
This is what i'm trying to do...
I've got SEC that matches certain pattern and takes the IP from that and
want to trigger a firewall rule to block that IP
Then after a couple of hours SEC will trigger the command to un-block
the
IP...
So what i need is the command to block an IP address from command line,
not
touching any pf.conf
If you don't need to add a rule but an IP, then tables are your friend.
Example for /etc/pf.conf:
# Placeholder for spammers table, non-routable network IP.
table spammers persist { 192.168.111.111 }
# Block this traffic
block return-rst in log on $ext_if proto tcp from spammers port smtp
Then on the command line:
/sbin/pfctl -t spammers -Tadd ip.from.new.spammer
And to delete:
/sbin/pfctl -t spammers -Tdel ip.from.old.spammer
--
Mel
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Hi,
I put this on /etc/pf.conf
external_addr=192.168.1.11 which is the address of the only interface.
This machine isn't a router.
block drop in quick on $ext_if inet proto tcp from 192.168.0.1 to
$external_addr port ssh
but when i try to connect from 192.168.0.1 i connect with no problems...this
rule is to block access..
What am i doing wrong..is my first time with pf...
Thankss...
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Re: 6.2 AMD64 Ports Problem
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I downloaded the 6.2 AMD64 disk 1 iso, installed it and updated the ports with cvsup. However, when I try to install xorg it's looking for ports that are not in the packages-6.2 folder. Instead they are in the packages-7-current or packages-current folder. Is it safe to install from those folders? Not on a 6.2 system. They would link against libc.so.7 and you'd only have libc.so.6 for one. I did not have this problem. In an attempt to get one of the updated ports I put in the /root/.profile PKG_PATH=ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/amb64/packages-current; and logged out. But when I run PKG_ADD -r dri-7.0.1,2.tbz. It tells me it could not find the port. You want PACKAGESITE i.e. PACKAGESITE=ftp://ftp13.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/amd64/packages-6.2-release/Latest/ The trailing / is important. -- Philip M. Gollucci ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) c:323.219.4708 o:703.749.9295x206 Senior System Admin - Riderway, Inc. http://riderway.com / http://ridecharge.com 1024D/EC88A0BF 0DE5 C55C 6BF3 B235 2DAB B89E 1324 9B4F EC88 A0BF Work like you don't need the money, love like you'll never get hurt, and dance like nobody's watching. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: 6.2 AMD64 Ports Problem
Thats weird. When I updated using cvsup it updated all of the ports in my /usr/ports directory. I then ran make install on /usr/ports/x11/xorg, it then looks for dri-7.0.1,2.tbz, but that file isn't in amd64/packages-6.2-release/latest or amd64/packages-6.2-release/graphics/. It is only in the packages-7-release/graphics directory. Why would xorg require a app that isn't in my current build? How do I get around it if I cant use the packages-7-release files? Thanks for you help Thron On Mon Sep 17 11:21 , Philip M. Gollucci sent: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I downloaded the 6.2 AMD64 disk 1 iso, installed it and updated the ports with cvsup. However, when I try to install xorg it's looking for ports that are not in the packages-6.2 folder. Instead they are in the packages-7-current or packages-current folder. Is it safe to install from those folders? Not on a 6.2 system. They would link against libc.so.7 and you'd only have libc.so.6 for one. I did not have this problem. In an attempt to get one of the updated ports I put in the /root/.profile PKG_PATH=ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/amb64/packages-current; and logged out. But when I run PKG_ADD -r dri-7.0.1,2.tbz. It tells me it could not find the port. You want PACKAGESITE i.e. PACKAGESITE=ftp://ftp13.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/amd64/packages-6.2-release/Latest/ The trailing / is important. -- Philip M. Gollucci ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) c:323.219.4708 o:703.749.9295x206 Senior System Admin - Riderway, Inc. http://riderway.com / http://ridecharge.com 1024D/EC88A0BF 0DE5 C55C 6BF3 B235 2DAB B89E 1324 9B4F EC88 A0BF Work like you don't need the money, love like you'll never get hurt, and dance like nobody's watching. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Unable to delete a package
Hi, (I originally posted this on the freebsd-gnome mailing list and then realized that list was for people actively working on Gnome. I don't know if my question is a Gnome-specific issue or if it is an issue that can arise when installing programs in general.) I am currently using FreeBSD 6.2 RELEASE and I am trying to install gnome2-office via the ports collection. After running 'portsnap fetch update' I 'make install clean' in the gnome2-office directory. It goes well until: * * * gmake[2]: Entering directory `/usr/ports/databases/libgda3/work/libgda-1.9.102/doc/C' gmake[2]: Nothing to be done for `all'. gmake[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/ports/databases/libgda3/work/libgda-1.9.102/doc/C' gmake[2]: Entering directory `/usr/ports/databases/libgda3/work/libgda-1.9.102/doc' gmake[2]: Nothing to be done for `all-am'. gmake[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/ports/databases/libgda3/work/libgda-1.9.102/doc' gmake[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/ports/databases/libgda3/work/libgda-1.9.102/doc' gmake[1]: Entering directory `/usr/ports/databases/libgda3/work/libgda-1.9.102' gmake[1]: Nothing to be done for `all-am'. gmake[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/ports/databases/libgda3/work/libgda-1.9.102' === Installing for libgda3-1.9.102_3 === libgda3-1.9.102_3 conflicts with installed package(s): libgda2-1.2.4_1,1 They install files into the same place. Please remove them first with pkg_delete(1). *** Error code 1 Stop in /usr/ports/databases/libgda3. *** Error code 1 Stop in /usr/ports/math/gnumeric. *** Error code 1 Stop in /usr/ports/math/gnumeric. *** Error code 1 Stop in /usr/ports/editors/gnome2-office. *** ...so I: root# pkg_delete libgda2-1.2.4_1,1 pkg_delete: package 'libgda2-1.2.4_1,1' is required by these other packages and may not be deinstalled: py25-gnome-extras-2.14.3_3 straw-0.27 gnome2-fifth-toe-2.18.3 *** ...so I then try to install the new libgda separately: root# make install clean === Installing for libgda3-1.9.102_3 === libgda3-1.9.102_3 conflicts with installed package(s): libgda2-1.2.4_1,1 They install files into the same place. Please remove them first with pkg_delete(1). *** Error code 1 I am new to the subtle inner workings of FreeBSD. Could anyone please advise, suggest, or comment on how I should proceed? It seems that I can't install the new libgda unless I delete the old one, but I am prevented from deleting the old one because at least three other programs are dependent upon it. (As an aside, is it okay to run these installations from a terminal window from inside the Gnome GUI environment, or should I be outside of Gnome altogether when I do program installations/upgrades?) Thanks, Larry ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: flash plugin after xorg update
On Monday 17 of September 2007 16:15:16 you wrote: This flash issue has made me reconsider buying a low-end laptop running vista, so I dont have the urgency to deal with this issue. One thing I need flash to work is that I watch mlbtv, and it requires flash plugin to initiate. Also for some other multimedia on the internet, having flash working just makes it so much easier... uhn TFC Yes... :-) ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: 6.2 AMD64 Ports Problem
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thats weird. When I updated using cvsup it updated all of the ports in my /usr/ports directory. I then ran make install on /usr/ports/x11/xorg, it then looks for dri-7.0.1,2.tbz, but that file isn't in amd64/packages-6.2-release/latest or amd64/packages-6.2-release/graphics/. It is only in the packages-7-release/graphics directory. Why would xorg require a app that isn't in my current build? How do I get around it if I cant use the packages-7-release files? A couple of points: 1) 'make install' doesn't try to install packages, it installs ports. In particular 'make install' doesn't fetch packages from the FTP site, these are added by pkg_add -r (and other commands). 2) Updated packages for 6.x are in the packages-6-stable/ directory. Kris ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Clarification on updating FreeBSD through csup
On Mon, Sep 17, 2007 at 09:24:26PM +0400, Rakhesh Sasidharan wrote: Hi there! Just seeking a clarification on keeping FreeBSD up-to-date through csup. I am on FreeBSD 6.2 and want to keep up-to-date for security patches etc. I understand I can use csup to follow the RELENG_62 branch. After the sources are downloaded, do I have to follow all the steps outlined in this (http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/makeworld.html) handbook document? I can understand building and installing world and kernel, but would I have to reboot to single user and do the mergemaster stuff too? If you follow the complete rebuild instructions, yes. If you follow the instructions for *patching* the system as given in the relevant security notifications, then only if those instructions say so. You do subscribe to security-notifications@, don't you? ;-) I *think* I might not have to do mergemaster coz security updates shouldn't have changes in the /etc files and so there'd be no need for merging files. Sometimes, the security fixes involve changes under /etc. The recent jails error comes to mind, as a case in point. And I *think* I might have to reboot depending on whether I use the stuff being affected or not ... But I'd like a clarify from more knowledgeable folks nevertheless. :) If you follow the full procedure (buildworld, buildkernel, installkernel, installworld), then you absolutely must reboot after installing the new kernel, and before installing the new world. Not doing so will soon lead along the road to madness as your userland and kernel get out of step. As I said above, though, if you follow the shorter instructions given in the security notifications, then you may not need to - it depends very much on which bit of the system is affected by the changes. Also, would the make buildworld installworld part take a long time? Or through the magic of make it just compiles the stuff that's getting updated (and stuff that requires on this)? The time taken depends very much on the specification of your system. My old Sun Ultra SPARC10, for example, takes up to 14 hours to do a full buildworld/buildkernel sequence, whereas the core duo boxes I look after for clients, zip through it in less then 1.5 hours. I'd suggest trying it out on a non-critical system, so as to familiarise yourself with the procedure. You'll be glad you did. Dan -- Daniel Bye PGP Key: http://www.slightlystrange.org/pgpkey-dan.asc PGP Key fingerprint: D349 B109 0EB8 2554 4D75 B79A 8B17 F97C 1622 166A pgp1yY9Rfs2X8.pgp Description: PGP signature
named-bind-9
HI I am having problems with my zone file... There used to be a command to run and check zone files/Named files.. I can't seem to locate it...?? Anyone have a clue?? TIA User Iam ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: is there any way of turning muttrc list into an evolution or other mail alias database?
On Mon, Sep 17, 2007 at 06:46:20PM +0400, Andrew Pantyukhin wrote: On Sun, Sep 16, 2007 at 09:27:03PM -0700, Gary Kline wrote: This may be a bit off the wall, but does anybody have a tool to take my dozens of mutt aliases and turn them into an evolution -style database format? (if not, is there any universal address-book app that I could use?) A sed one-liner could probably solve the problem, but try mail/abook - it's a nice converter. Can you help me with the exact syntax? As a test, I tried: abook --convert --informat mutt --infile /home/kline/.mutt/muttrc --outformat abook --outfile abook An emtpy file ~/.abook/addressbook.new was created. ((I still stand by what I'd said for years, that a few examples are worth 10K words.)) Re a sed line to get this stuff into ~/.evolution/*, maybe. This may be where another very simple perl script would serve btter. Further clues very welcome. gary -- Gary Kline [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.thought.org Public Service Unix http://jottings.thought.org http://transfinite.thought.org ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: named-bind-9
I am having problems with my zone file... There used to be a command to run and check zone files/Named files.. I can't seem to locate it...?? See named-checkzone(8) and named-checkconf(8) David -- David Robillard UNIX systems administrator Oracle DBA CISSP, RHCE Sun Certified Security Administrator Montreal: +1 514 966 0122 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: mixer levels on boot
Harry Doyle wrote:
however whenever i reboot the machine the mixer command always shows the
default level of 90 which clips pretty hard.
My 6.2 system saves and restores the mixer settings across boots. Apparently
in the file /var/db/mixer0-state However, the file is root owned and 644;
perhaps if you create the file and chmod it writable, your settings will stick?
Or you could put the command in your script. mixer -S dumps the current
settings in a format mixer can read back. I do this in a script that dribbles music on
hold to our phone system:
mixer_default=vol 45:45 pcm 40:40
# Call mixer command to set params specified in conf file, or defaults.
set_mixer() {
if [ -f $home_dir/mixer.conf ]; then
mixer `cat $home_dir/mixer.conf`
echo set mixer.conf params
else
mixer $mixer_default
echo set mixer default values
fi
}
-RW
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Re: cron jobs not done during sleep
On Mon, 17 Sep 2007 08:22:45 -0700 Steve Franks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there a tool or setting to implement this functionality? I want something to happen weekly, I don't care when. One way is to install a crontab replacement like fcron, but the easiest way to handle this is to install anacron, which works in conjunction with crontab. With anacron you need to comment out the three periodic calls in /etc/crontab so anacron can schedule them itself - it has a default .conf file to do this. Adding anacron_enable=yes to rc.conf causes it to run tasks at boot-up. You should also add one or more entries to crontab to make it run during the night. 0004 ***root/usr/local/sbin/anacron It's actually not essential to set anacron_enable=yes I just use crontab to run it several times a day at convenient time. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Building a new workstation - dual or quad-core CPU for FreeBSD 7?
Kris Kennaway wrote: Josh Carroll wrote: That's good to know. You should be using libthr for threaded performance though :) That benchmark is probably almost all userland though, so performance may not suffer much from libpthread. Oh I wasn't sure if libthr was the preferred thread library for 6.2 also (I'd heard that was the case for -CURRENT). I should look into whether ffmpeg can be built with libthr instead and compare performance. Somewhat off topic, so I'll leave it at that, but thanks again for the great info. I'm really looking forward to 7.0-RELEASE, obviously :) Yeah, it is preferred on 6.x too (libkse has truly atrocious performance). It's trivial to change it over, just add an entry to /etc/libmap.conf: Really? I didn't you you were supposed to switch until 7.0 -- were the libthr chnages MFC'd and I missed it ? I've read http://people.freebsd.org/~kris/scaling/mysql.html and http://wiki.freebsd.org/MySQL I've been following the discussions on this pretty closely on lists. PU: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5310 @ 1.60GHz (1597.53-MHz K8-class CPU) Origin = GenuineIntel Id = 0x6f7 Stepping = 7 Features=0xbfebfbffFPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CLFLUSH,DTS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,PBE Features2=0x4e33dSSE3,RSVD2,MON,DS_CPL,VMX,TM2,b9,CX16,b14,b15,b18 AMD Features=0x20100800SYSCALL,NX,LM AMD Features2=0x1LAHF Cores per package: 4 real memory = 9395240960 (8960 MB) avail memory = 8291323904 (7907 MB) FreeBSD/SMP: Multiprocessor System Detected: 8 CPUs uname -a FreeBSD hobbes.dca2.prod.rws 6.2-RELEASE FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE #0: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/SMP amd64 I'll recompile the kernel eventually to slim it down. using 4BSD scheduler since its 6.2 ls -1d /var/db/pkg/mysql* mysql-client-5.0.45 mysql-scripts-5.0.45 mysql-server-5.0.45 ldd /usr/local/libexec/mysqld mysqld: libz.so.3 = /lib/libz.so.3 (0x800a5c000) libwrap.so.4 = /usr/lib/libwrap.so.4 (0x800b7) libcrypt.so.3 = /lib/libcrypt.so.3 (0x800c79000) libstdc++.so.5 = /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.5 (0x800d92000) libm.so.4 = /lib/libm.so.4 (0x800f89000) libpthread.so.2 = /lib/libpthread.so.2 (0x8010a5000) libc.so.6 = /lib/libc.so.6 (0x8011d) sysctl kern.timecounter.choice kern.timecounter.choice: TSC(-100) ACPI-fast(1000) i8254(0) dummy(-100) sysctl kern.timecounter.hardware kern.timecounter.hardware: TSC Disks are: 1) RAID1(2 disks) OS array with mysql logs, replication logs, and innodb logs. 2) RAID1+0(6disks) innodb mysql data. 3) /tmp is a md0 malloc backed device (I'm thinking of using tmpfs in 7.0 when I switch) using libmap.conf to use libc_r, libpthread, and libthr were all about equal actually for insert heavy operations. my.cnf innodb_thread_concurrency = 8 At 16 aka core*2 'show innodb status' showed too much mutex locking and dropping it had drastic improvements -- despite mysql recommending the 2x value. innodb_flush_log_at_trx_commit = 0 Also helped about 7% but thats due to disk speeds. I can run an oltp sysbench on it if you would like. Philip M. Gollucci ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) c:323.219.4708 o:703.749.9295x206 Senior System Admin - Riderway, Inc. http://riderway.com / http://ridecharge.com 1024D/EC88A0BF 0DE5 C55C 6BF3 B235 2DAB B89E 1324 9B4F EC88 A0BF Work like you don't need the money, love like you'll never get hurt, and dance like nobody's watching. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
increasing maximum connections in PGSQL
If I need to raise the maximum connections to a PostgreSQL server (v postgresql-server-7.4.17) on FreeBSD 6.2 -STABLE, Ineed to raise the available semaphores to increase connectivity. After doing a man -k on sem and reading through the man pages that see relevant, I'm still unable to determine the correct method, though it does look like it may involve loading a module in /bot/loader conf. Can anyone point me to some How-to documentation on raising this value to increase postgresql connections? Thanks Tim ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Unable to delete a package
On Mon, 17 Sep 2007 18:34:15 + [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: snip === Installing for libgda3-1.9.102_3 === libgda3-1.9.102_3 conflicts with installed package(s): libgda2-1.2.4_1,1 They install files into the same place. Please remove them first with pkg_delete(1). snip ...so I: root# pkg_delete libgda2-1.2.4_1,1 pkg_delete: package 'libgda2-1.2.4_1,1' is required by these other packages and may not be deinstalled: py25-gnome-extras-2.14.3_3 straw-0.27 gnome2-fifth-toe-2.18.3 *** ...so I then try to install the new libgda separately: Try using the '-f' force flag as in: pkg_delete -f libgda2-1.2.4_1,1' Regards, -- Don Read [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- It's always darkest before the dawn. So if you are going to steal the neighbor's newspaper, that's the time to do it. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: is there any way of turning muttrc list into an evolution or other mail alias database?
On Mon, Sep 17, 2007 at 12:35:51PM -0700, Gary Kline wrote: On Mon, Sep 17, 2007 at 06:46:20PM +0400, Andrew Pantyukhin wrote: On Sun, Sep 16, 2007 at 09:27:03PM -0700, Gary Kline wrote: This may be a bit off the wall, but does anybody have a tool to take my dozens of mutt aliases and turn them into an evolution -style database format? (if not, is there any universal address-book app that I could use?) A sed one-liner could probably solve the problem, but try mail/abook - it's a nice converter. Can you help me with the exact syntax? As a test, I tried: abook --convert --informat mutt --infile /home/kline/.mutt/muttrc --outformat abook --outfile abook I think you should put your aliases in a separate file and use that as an infile. An emtpy file ~/.abook/addressbook.new was created. ((I still stand by what I'd said for years, that a few examples are worth 10K words.)) Re a sed line to get this stuff into ~/.evolution/*, maybe. This may be where another very simple perl script would serve btter. Further clues very welcome. Google says something about evo being able to import ldif files. Abook can convert mutt's aliases into ldif. P.S. Must you really insert a tab before each line in your messages? It certainly doesn't make them look pretty. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
mixer levels on boot
hello everyone, i am running a freebsd server to stream my local campus station's radio broadcast to the net. i am using the stock ac97 audio, and using a little script in /usr/local/etc/rc.d which uses kldload to load the driver. i have to issue mixer rec -83 to get the audio down to a decent level (very hot coming out of the mixer but i can't change that for other reasons). i have tried to script this mixer command into startup by putting a sleep command and then the mixer command, and also by using the /boot/boot.hints file. however whenever i reboot the machine the mixer command always shows the default level of 90 which clips pretty hard. also, the sound driver doesn't seem to load until around 2 minutes after i can log into a fresh boot (not a problem, just some extra info). how can i script my default rec level on boot? thanks, harry ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Unable to delete a package
On Monday 17 September 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, (I originally posted this on the freebsd-gnome mailing list and then realized that list was for people actively working on Gnome. I don't know if my question is a Gnome-specific issue or if it is an issue that can arise when installing programs in general.) I am currently using FreeBSD 6.2 RELEASE and I am trying to install gnome2-office via the ports collection. After running 'portsnap fetch update' I 'make install clean' in the gnome2-office directory. It goes well until: * * * gmake[2]: Entering directory `/usr/ports/databases/libgda3/work/libgda-1.9.102/doc/C' gmake[2]: Nothing to be done for `all'. gmake[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/ports/databases/libgda3/work/libgda-1.9.102/doc/C' gmake[2]: Entering directory `/usr/ports/databases/libgda3/work/libgda-1.9.102/doc' gmake[2]: Nothing to be done for `all-am'. gmake[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/ports/databases/libgda3/work/libgda-1.9.102/doc' gmake[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/ports/databases/libgda3/work/libgda-1.9.102/doc' gmake[1]: Entering directory `/usr/ports/databases/libgda3/work/libgda-1.9.102' gmake[1]: Nothing to be done for `all-am'. gmake[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/ports/databases/libgda3/work/libgda-1.9.102' === Installing for libgda3-1.9.102_3 === libgda3-1.9.102_3 conflicts with installed package(s): libgda2-1.2.4_1,1 They install files into the same place. Please remove them first with pkg_delete(1). *** Error code 1 Stop in /usr/ports/databases/libgda3. *** Error code 1 Stop in /usr/ports/math/gnumeric. *** Error code 1 Stop in /usr/ports/math/gnumeric. *** Error code 1 Stop in /usr/ports/editors/gnome2-office. *** ...so I: root# pkg_delete libgda2-1.2.4_1,1 pkg_delete: package 'libgda2-1.2.4_1,1' is required by these other packages and may not be deinstalled: man pkg_delete see the option -f to force the deletion Kent py25-gnome-extras-2.14.3_3 straw-0.27 gnome2-fifth-toe-2.18.3 *** ...so I then try to install the new libgda separately: root# make install clean === Installing for libgda3-1.9.102_3 === libgda3-1.9.102_3 conflicts with installed package(s): libgda2-1.2.4_1,1 They install files into the same place. Please remove them first with pkg_delete(1). *** Error code 1 I am new to the subtle inner workings of FreeBSD. Could anyone please advise, suggest, or comment on how I should proceed? It seems that I can't install the new libgda unless I delete the old one, but I am prevented from deleting the old one because at least three other programs are dependent upon it. (As an aside, is it okay to run these installations from a terminal window from inside the Gnome GUI environment, or should I be outside of Gnome altogether when I do program installations/upgrades?) Thanks, Larry ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Kent Stewart Richland, WA http://www.soyandina.com/ I am Andean project. http://users.owt.com/kstewart/index.html ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: increasing maximum connections in PGSQL
Can anyone point me to some How-to documentation on raising this value to increase postgresql connections? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.2/static/kernel-resources.html -- / Peter Schuller PGP userID: 0xE9758B7D or 'Peter Schuller [EMAIL PROTECTED]' Key retrieval: Send an E-Mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: http://www.scode.org pgp0QxLEa4M4W.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Unable to delete a package
=== Installing for libgda3-1.9.102_3 === libgda3-1.9.102_3 conflicts with installed package(s): libgda2-1.2.4_1,1 They install files into the same place. Please remove them first with pkg_delete(1). As people have noted you can use -f to force deletion. The problem you are experiencing would typically happen either because you are trying to install some top-level packages that are truly in conflict, in the sense that they depend on conflicting versions of libgda. Alternatively, you have older versions of various packages installed that depend on the older version of libgda3, and are now trying to install the gnome stuff from a newer ports tree. In this case you may want to perform a full upgrade (using portupgrade/portmanagaer/portmaster/etc). forcibly deleting the package will work, but the other packages depending on them will very likely break. (As an aside, is it okay to run these installations from a terminal window from inside the Gnome GUI environment, or should I be outside of Gnome altogether when I do program installations/upgrades?) It doesn't matter, except in so far as any actions would kill your running terminal. I would suspect that the already running terminal would survive (certainly this is the case with most), though I don't know if the gnome terminal is doing stuff even after initial start-up that might cause it to die. (To be strict of course it's always safest to not run stuff you are actively upgrading, while upgrading. In practice though it tends to work.) -- / Peter Schuller PGP userID: 0xE9758B7D or 'Peter Schuller [EMAIL PROTECTED]' Key retrieval: Send an E-Mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: http://www.scode.org pgpqO0EpOXXKW.pgp Description: PGP signature
Problem with FreeBSD and external storage
Hi, I'm trying to put external disks(storage) in my FreeBSD server, but, i only can't see the disks that was allocated. I think that is necessary sometype of confugurations, because the hba was installed and all procedures necessary too. For information. Connection type -- SAN with switch MACdata and EMC storage. Note: I can see the storage array in dmesg.(see example above). I would like so much if somewhere can help. thank's for all. ** # dmesg Copyright (c) 1992-2007 The FreeBSD Project. Copyright (c) 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. FreeBSD is a registered trademark of The FreeBSD Foundation. FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE #0: Thu May 31 10:58:03 UTC 2007 root@:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/LAB MPTable: Kings Canyon Timecounter i8254 frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0 CPU: Intel(R) Xeon(TM) CPU 2.40GHz (2400.10-MHz 686-class CPU) Origin = GenuineIntel Id = 0xf27 Stepping = 7 Features=0xbfebfbffFPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CLFLUSH,DTS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,PBE Features2=0x4400CNTX-ID,b14 Logical CPUs per core: 2 real memory = 2146959360 (2047 MB) avail memory = 2095882240 (1998 MB) FreeBSD/SMP: Multiprocessor System Detected: 4 CPUs cpu0 (BSP): APIC ID: 0 cpu1 (AP): APIC ID: 1 cpu2 (AP): APIC ID: 6 cpu3 (AP): APIC ID: 7 ioapic0: Assuming intbase of 0 ioapic1: Assuming intbase of 24 ioapic2: Assuming intbase of 48 ioapic0 Version 2.0 irqs 0-23 on motherboard ioapic1 Version 2.0 irqs 24-47 on motherboard ioapic2 Version 2.0 irqs 48-71 on motherboard kbd1 at kbdmux0 cpu0 on motherboard cpu1 on motherboard cpu2 on motherboard cpu3 on motherboard pcib0: MPTable Host-PCI bridge pcibus 0 on motherboard pci0: PCI bus on pcib0 pci0: unknown at device 0.1 (no driver attached) pcib1: PCI-PCI bridge at device 2.0 on pci0 pci1: PCI bus on pcib1 pci1: base peripheral, interrupt controller at device 28.0 (no driver attached) pcib2: MPTable PCI-PCI bridge at device 29.0 on pci1 pci2: PCI bus on pcib2 mpt0: LSILogic 1030 Ultra4 Adapter port 0x3000-0x30ff mem 0xfc22-0xfc23,0xfc20-0xfc21 irq 48 at device 1.0 on pci2 mpt0: [GIANT-LOCKED] mpt0: MPI Version=1.2.14.0 em0: Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Connection Version - 6.2.9 port 0x3400-0x343f mem 0xfc24-0xfc25 irq 54 at device 3.0 on pci2 em0: Ethernet address: 00:30:48:25:6b:ca pci1: base peripheral, interrupt controller at device 30.0 (no driver attached) pcib3: MPTable PCI-PCI bridge at device 31.0 on pci1 pci3: PCI bus on pcib3 ahd0: Adaptec AIC7902 Ultra320 SCSI adapter port 0x4400-0x44ff,0x4000-0x40ff mem 0xfc30-0xfc301fff irq 32 at device 2.0 on pci3 ahd0: [GIANT-LOCKED] aic7902: Ultra320 Wide Channel A, SCSI Id=7, PCI-X 101-133Mhz, 512 SCBs ahd1: Adaptec AIC7902 Ultra320 SCSI adapter port 0x4c00-0x4cff,0x4800-0x48ff mem 0xfc302000-0xfc303fff irq 33 at device 2.1 on pci3 ahd1: [GIANT-LOCKED] aic7902: Ultra320 Wide Channel B, SCSI Id=7, PCI-X 101-133Mhz, 512 SCBs isp0: Qlogic ISP 2312 PCI FC-AL Adapter port 0x5000-0x50ff mem 0xfc304000-0xfc304fff irq 28 at device 3.0 on pci3 isp0: set PCI line size to 16 isp0: [GIANT-LOCKED] isp0: Board Type 2312, Chip Revision 0x2, resident F/W Revision 3.3.19 isp0: 839 max I/O commands supported isp0: NVRAM Port WWN 0x21e08b9a13ea pci0: serial bus, USB at device 29.0 (no driver attached) pci0: serial bus, USB at device 29.1 (no driver attached) pci0: serial bus, USB at device 29.2 (no driver attached) pcib4: MPTable PCI-PCI bridge at device 30.0 on pci0 pci4: PCI bus on pcib4 atapci0: HighPoint HPT374 (channel 0+1) UDMA133 controller port 0x6c50-0x6c57,0x6c44-0x6c47,0x6c48-0x6c4f,0x6c40-0x6c43,0x6000-0x60ff irq 16 at device 1.0 on pci4 ata2: ATA channel 0 on atapci0 ata3: ATA channel 1 on atapci0 atapci1: HighPoint HPT374 (channel 2+3) UDMA133 controller port 0x6c68-0x6c6f,0x6c5c-0x6c5f,0x6c60-0x6c67,0x6c58-0x6c5b,0x6400-0x64ff irq 16 at device 1.1 on pci4 ata4: ATA channel 0 on atapci1 ata5: ATA channel 1 on atapci1 pci4: display, VGA at device 4.0 (no driver attached) fxp0: Intel 82551 Pro/100 Ethernet port 0x6c00-0x6c3f mem 0xfc401000-0xfc401fff,0xfc42-0xfc43 irq 22 at device 5.0 on pci4 miibus0: MII bus on fxp0 inphy0: i82555 10/100 media interface on miibus0 inphy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto fxp0: Ethernet address: 00:30:48:25:6b:cb isab0: PCI-ISA bridge at device 31.0 on pci0 isa0: ISA bus on isab0 atapci2: Intel ICH3 UDMA100 controller port 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6,0x170-0x177,0x376,0x2060-0x206f at device 31.1 on pci0 ata0: ATA channel 0 on atapci2 ata1: ATA channel 1 on atapci2 pci0: serial bus,
Re: Good FreeBSD Supported Gigabit Ethernet Card?
On 9/14/07, Oliver Hansen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm looking to eventually upgrade my home network to all gigabit so I'm going to start by purchasing a few NICs for some old servers I just received. I know there are quite a few supported by FreeBSD6 which I found ( http://www.freebsd.org/releases/6.0R/hardware-i386.html#ETHERNET ) but I'm wondering if there is any real benefit in buying a $40 or $50 NIC like the Netgear GA311 or just get a $20 NIC like the D-Link DFE-530TX+. The use will probably be a firewall, proxy, file server, and DVR. http://www.EagleBit.com/Netgear_GA311_Gigabit_PCI_Card_p/eb-400-00357.htm -- Oliver Hansen http://www.oliverhansen.com As others have stated, Intel's are great. I would highly recommend them. Just as a heads up in case you weren't aware, in your research and purchase watch out for vendors switching chipsets within card models. Linksys is very bad about this. If I remember correctly, their most common GigE card has one model number, but 3 versions, all of which have different chipsets. As I recall, the 1st version works well, the second so-so and the third not at all. To add to the fun, they no longer print the revision on the outside of the box, the only way to find out is to open up the package and look at the chip on the card. Sorry if I sound a little bitter, I just recently had to purchase a GigE card for a couple of OpenBSD servers, needed them right away, and had to go to several brick and mortar stores asking to open the packages to make sure cards would work when I got them back to the office. Anyway, vendors other than Linksys do this as well, so just keep an eye out for it. Usually, no matter what the chipset, Intels seem to be well supported. I also had good success with the D-Link DGE-560T PCI Express card and the DGE-530T PCI card under OpenBSD. Hope this helps. Preston ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
SMTP Error from my server?
I have not seen this error before. What does it mean? (I will change the actual e-mail to protect the address from spam bots). To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Mail Administrator Postmaster@PostmasterDomain Subject: Mail System Error - Returned Mail Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2007 14:48:17 -0400 This Message was undeliverable due to the following reason: Your message was not delivered because the return address was refused. The return address was [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please reply to Postmaster@PostmasterDomain if you feel this message to be in error. Chris Maness Sys Admin ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: SMTP Error from my server?
Chris Maness wrote: I have not seen this error before. What does it mean? (I will change the actual e-mail to protect the address from spam bots). To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Mail Administrator Postmaster@PostmasterDomain Subject: Mail System Error - Returned Mail Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2007 14:48:17 -0400 This Message was undeliverable due to the following reason: Your message was not delivered because the return address was refused. The return address was [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please reply to Postmaster@PostmasterDomain if you feel this message to be in error. Chris Maness Sys Admin Looks to me like a failed sender verification callout-- these are generally construed to be abusive. I can't easily tell from your munging whether it's your server or Adelphia that's doing it, though. -- Jay Chandler / KB1JWQ Living Legend / Systems Exorcist Today's Excuse: SCSI Chain overterminated ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
How do I link evolution to a my browser of choice?
Hopefully there's an easy solution to this question. Now that I have evolution installed on my new-tao, I want to link it to mail in such a way that if I send myself a URL or one is included in a messagethat firebox or konquorer opens that embedded URL. I just check, having sent a website from another server (via evolution). Zip. If I right-click, and try to copy the URL, again, nada. Is there (hopefully) a config file where I can select which browser? A related question is: can I use my firefox bookmarks file in konquorer? IOW::: help. I hate typing godawfullong URL's!!! gary -- Gary Kline [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.thought.org Public Service Unix http://jottings.thought.org http://transfinite.thought.org ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: SMTP Error from my server?
Jay Chandler wrote: Chris Maness wrote: I have not seen this error before. What does it mean? (I will change the actual e-mail to protect the address from spam bots). To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Mail Administrator Postmaster@PostmasterDomain Subject: Mail System Error - Returned Mail Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2007 14:48:17 -0400 This Message was undeliverable due to the following reason: Your message was not delivered because the return address was refused. The return address was [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please reply to Postmaster@PostmasterDomain if you feel this message to be in error. Chris Maness Sys Admin Looks to me like a failed sender verification callout-- these are generally construed to be abusive. I can't easily tell from your munging whether it's your server or Adelphia that's doing it, though. This is the only e-mail address that I am having this problem with, and it has been going on for a year or so now. What other info would you guys need to tell what it is. I guess I don't understand the whole sender verification callout I'll have to do a little google to find out. Thanks, Chris Maness Sys Admin for a couple of tiny domains. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: is there any way of turning muttrc list into an evolution or other mail alias database?
On Tue, Sep 18, 2007 at 01:24:33AM +0400, Andrew Pantyukhin wrote: On Mon, Sep 17, 2007 at 12:35:51PM -0700, Gary Kline wrote: On Mon, Sep 17, 2007 at 06:46:20PM +0400, Andrew Pantyukhin wrote: On Sun, Sep 16, 2007 at 09:27:03PM -0700, Gary Kline wrote: This may be a bit off the wall, but does anybody have a tool to take my dozens of mutt aliases and turn them into an evolution -style database format? (if not, is there any universal address-book app that I could use?) A sed one-liner could probably solve the problem, but try mail/abook - it's a nice converter. Can you help me with the exact syntax? As a test, I tried: abook --convert --informat mutt --infile /home/kline/.mutt/muttrc --outformat abook --outfile abook I think you should put your aliases in a separate file and use that as an infile. Easily done, thanks. An emtpy file ~/.abook/addressbook.new was created. ((I still stand by what I'd said for years, that a few examples are worth 10K words.)) Re a sed line to get this stuff into ~/.evolution/*, maybe. This may be where another very simple perl script would serve btter. Further clues very welcome. Google says something about evo being able to import ldif files. Abook can convert mutt's aliases into ldif. I'll google for it; thanks for the tip. P.S. Must you really insert a tab before each line in your messages? It certainly doesn't make them look pretty. Failing eyesight. The whitespace helps me far more than the greater-than's. -- Gary Kline [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.thought.org Public Service Unix http://jottings.thought.org http://transfinite.thought.org ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: is there any way of turning muttrc list into an evolution or other mail alias database?
On Mon, Sep 17, 2007 at 04:31:53PM -0700, Gary Kline wrote: On Tue, Sep 18, 2007 at 01:24:33AM +0400, Andrew Pantyukhin wrote: P.S. Must you really insert a tab before each line in your messages? It certainly doesn't make them look pretty. Failing eyesight. The whitespace helps me far more than the greater-than's. Myself being quite short-sighted (with the usual side-effects preventing comfortable reading off-screen) I have recently moved to a single URxvt window taking up my whole desktop. In it, I manage everything using GNU screen (and a variety of other tools and hacks). 18pt freetyped font is really easier to read, especially for someone spending 12h+ a day at his/her laptop. Anyway, good luck to you! ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: linux-firefox dies after xorg update
On Mon, 17 Sep 2007 17:08:12 +
beni [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
It is basicaly for the plugins, yes. Flash, mplayer,...
all working fine here with native...
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Re: Building a new workstation - dual or quad-core CPU for FreeBSD 7?
Wojciech Puchar wrote: Yes, 4BSD is still the default, although you definitely want to use ULE for performance reasons (NB: only on 7, dont use ULE on 6). I don't know whether the release engineers plan to change that default, but I will check. could you point to some URL/explain what's the actual difference. You may want to check Jeff Roberson's blog site. Kris posted some graphs on his site, too. Since it's about CURRENT, some results might be outdated already. Regards, Karol. -- Karol Kwiatkowski karol.kwiat at gmail dot com OpenPGP 0x06E09309 signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: SMTP Error from my server?
On Sep 17, 2007, at 5:40 PMSep 17, 2007, Chris Maness wrote: I have not seen this error before. What does it mean? (I will change the actual e-mail to protect the address from spam bots). To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Mail Administrator Postmaster@PostmasterDomain Subject: Mail System Error - Returned Mail Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2007 14:48:17 -0400 This Message was undeliverable due to the following reason: Your message was not delivered because the return address was refused. The return address was [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please reply to Postmaster@PostmasterDomain if you feel this message to be in error. Chris Maness Sys Admin Read the message... I'm guessing that [EMAIL PROTECTED] added NOSPAM to the beginning of the address to prevent SPAM from mailing list aggregators, et al. Remove NOSPAM from [EMAIL PROTECTED] and I'm sure you'll be fine. Also note that this is an error on the other end, nothing wrong with your server. - Eric F Crist Secure Computing Networks ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: flash plugin after xorg update
On Mon, 17 Sep 2007 09:48:33 +0200
Zbigniew Komarnicki [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Monday 17 of September 2007 04:52:06 Norberto Meijome wrote:
*(my symptoms were a bit different though, it would just time out when
calling flash... so each flash object in a page would take 40 seconds or
sosllooo brooowwwsssiiinnn :-) )
This same behavior I have.
Hi Zbigniew - did u try re-running nspluginwrapper -i {flash's .so} as root ?
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Re: SMTP Error from my server?
Chris Maness wrote: Jay Chandler wrote: Chris Maness wrote: I have not seen this error before. What does it mean? (I will change the actual e-mail to protect the address from spam bots). To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Mail Administrator Postmaster@PostmasterDomain Subject: Mail System Error - Returned Mail Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2007 14:48:17 -0400 This Message was undeliverable due to the following reason: Your message was not delivered because the return address was refused. The return address was [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please reply to Postmaster@PostmasterDomain if you feel this message to be in error. Chris Maness Sys Admin Looks to me like a failed sender verification callout-- these are generally construed to be abusive. I can't easily tell from your munging whether it's your server or Adelphia that's doing it, though. This is the only e-mail address that I am having this problem with, and it has been going on for a year or so now. What other info would you guys need to tell what it is. I guess I don't understand the whole sender verification callout I'll have to do a little google to find out. Thanks, Chris Maness Sys Admin for a couple of tiny domains. p.s. I read up on this and I believe this would be a problem on the sender side. Is the something like an access file that I can change to just allow this particular sender without the check? Chris Maness ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: flash plugin after xorg update
On Mon, 17 Sep 2007 10:15:16 -0400
Tsu-Fan Cheng [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
This flash issue has made me reconsider buying a low-end laptop running
vista, so I dont have the urgency to deal with this issue.
low end and vista in the same sentence makes me think your laptop has 4
cores... ;)
One thing I need
flash to work is that I watch mlbtv, and it requires flash plugin to
initiate. Also for some other multimedia on the internet, having flash
working just makes it so much easier... uhn
why not just run a small QEMU machine with windows inside? 4 GB is all you need
for XP (well, probably lessmine has eclipse +java + other stuff in it).
i dont actually use it for flash, as it works fine for me on bsd...
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Re: What about NAT graphical tools?
On Sun, 16 Sep 2007 15:53:19 -0400
Administrador Nodo CITMATEL Las Tunas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Is there any ported application capable to allow the user to configure a NAT
(Network Address Translation) service in a graphical interface way?
i think webmin supports ipfw configuration, maybe pf or ipf too...i dont know
whether it will be userfriendly enough for your needs
saludos desde Sydney,
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Re: SMTP Error from my server?
On Sep 17, 2007, at 4:05 PM, Chris Maness wrote: Looks to me like a failed sender verification callout-- these are generally construed to be abusive. I can't easily tell from your munging whether it's your server or Adelphia that's doing it, though. This is the only e-mail address that I am having this problem with, and it has been going on for a year or so now. What other info would you guys need to tell what it is. I guess I don't understand the whole sender verification callout I'll have to do a little google to find out. The idea is pretty simple: when someone sends you an email, you delay accepting it until you can confirm that you can send a reply back to the sending address, or more precisely, check whether you can do a MAIL FROM: your domain and RCPT TO: the sender, and have it return OK, without actually going into the DATA phase and delivering a test message. This idea works fine for normal email addresses, but fails miserably with certain types of automated email which is not intended for people to reply to, and it also tends to lose out with TDMA (http:// tmda.net/). More importantly, it also fails to work with itself-- other people using sender verification callouts cause a loop of failed deliveries, as neither side trusts the other. -- -Chuck ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: SMTP Error from my server?
Eric Crist wrote: On Sep 17, 2007, at 5:40 PMSep 17, 2007, Chris Maness wrote: I have not seen this error before. What does it mean? (I will change the actual e-mail to protect the address from spam bots). To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Mail Administrator Postmaster@PostmasterDomain Subject: Mail System Error - Returned Mail Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2007 14:48:17 -0400 This Message was undeliverable due to the following reason: Your message was not delivered because the return address was refused. The return address was [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please reply to Postmaster@PostmasterDomain if you feel this message to be in error. Chris Maness Sys Admin Read the message... I'm guessing that [EMAIL PROTECTED] added NOSPAM to the beginning of the address to prevent SPAM from mailing list aggregators, et al. Remove NOSPAM from [EMAIL PROTECTED] and I'm sure you'll be fine. Also note that this is an error on the other end, nothing wrong with your server. - Eric F Crist Secure Computing Networks No, please read my message carefully. I changed it because I know this list gets harvested by spam bots because it is bridged to the usenet (Eric Crist wrote: On Sep 17, 2007, at 5:40 PMSep 17, 2007, Chris Maness wrote: I have not seen this error before. What does it mean? (I will change the actual e-mail to protect the address from spam bots). To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Mail Administrator Postmaster@PostmasterDomain Subject: Mail System Error - Returned Mail Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2007 14:48:17 -0400 This Message was undeliverable due to the following reason: Your message was not delivered because the return address was refused. The return address was [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please reply to Postmaster@PostmasterDomain if you feel this message to be in error. Chris Maness Sys Admin Read the message... I'm guessing that [EMAIL PROTECTED] added NOSPAM to the beginning of the address to prevent SPAM from mailing list aggregators, et al. Remove NOSPAM from [EMAIL PROTECTED] and I'm sure you'll be fine. Also note that this is an error on the other end, nothing wrong with your server. - Eric F Crist Secure Computing Networks No, please read my message carefully. I changed it for this post because I know this list gets harvested by spam bots because it is bridged to the usenet (list.freebsd.questions). I did not want my client's e-mail to be picked up by spam bots. The actual e-mail in this header is a valid e-mail. Chris Maness ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: SMTP Error from my server?
Chuck Swiger wrote: On Sep 17, 2007, at 4:05 PM, Chris Maness wrote: Looks to me like a failed sender verification callout-- these are generally construed to be abusive. I can't easily tell from your munging whether it's your server or Adelphia that's doing it, though. This is the only e-mail address that I am having this problem with, and it has been going on for a year or so now. What other info would you guys need to tell what it is. I guess I don't understand the whole sender verification callout I'll have to do a little google to find out. The idea is pretty simple: when someone sends you an email, you delay accepting it until you can confirm that you can send a reply back to the sending address, or more precisely, check whether you can do a MAIL FROM: your domain and RCPT TO: the sender, and have it return OK, without actually going into the DATA phase and delivering a test message. This idea works fine for normal email addresses, but fails miserably with certain types of automated email which is not intended for people to reply to, and it also tends to lose out with TDMA (http://tmda.net/). More importantly, it also fails to work with itself-- other people using sender verification callouts cause a loop of failed deliveries, as neither side trusts the other. ---Chuck Can I turn it off for this sender? Chris Maness ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: mixer levels on boot
On Mon, 17 Sep 2007 16:22:03 -0300
Harry Doyle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
hello everyone,
i am running a freebsd server to stream my local campus station's radio
broadcast to the net. i am using the stock ac97 audio, and using a little
script in /usr/local/etc/rc.d which uses kldload to load the driver.
it'd be better to simply add to /boot/loader.conf.local (or loader.conf , i
prefer to have it clearly defined)
{DRIVER}_load=YES
eg, for my Intel HDA i have
snd_hda_load=YES
i have to issue mixer rec -83 to get the audio down to a decent level (very
hot coming out of the mixer but i can't change that for other reasons). i
have tried to script this mixer command into startup by putting a sleep
command and then the mixer command, and also by using the /boot/boot.hints
file.
however whenever i reboot the machine the mixer command always shows the
default level of 90 which clips pretty hard.
either
1) have a script that sets your levels . mine is saved by the OS,, but
sometimes i need to do it by hand, so i use this script:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] [Tue Sep 18 10:23:27 2007]
/usr/home/betom
$ cat bin/set_mixer.sh
#!/bin/sh
## Feedback fixed!!! mic == 0
mixer vol 86:86 pcm 86:86 speaker 49:49 mic 0:0 cd 40:40 rec 100:100 =rec mic
--
of course, your device may be different, so adjust accordingly.
2) to save the values, check /etc/rc.d/mixer. mixer_save is called on stop, so
a) set your levels
b) add to /etc/rc.conf
mixer_enable=YES # Run the sound mixer.
c) run /etc/rc.d/mixer stop
d) reboot + verify they are set to the right thing. In theory, they should be
saved everytime to reboot..
( i just realised i dont actually have that line in rc.conf...but my levels are
kept across reboots..so all is good... :)
also, the sound driver doesn't seem to load until around 2 minutes after i
can log into a fresh boot (not a problem, just some extra info). how can i
script my default rec level on boot?
use /boot/loader.conf.local
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pysol broken
Hello all, Somewhere along the way, with port upgrades, I managed to break pysol: earth% pysol [1] 74521 earth% Traceback (most recent call last): File /usr/local/share/pysol/src/pysol.py, line 47, in module from main import main File /usr/local/share/pysol/src/main.py, line 48, in module from app import Application File /usr/local/share/pysol/src/app.py, line 54, in module from images import Images, SubsampledImages File /usr/local/share/pysol/src/images.py, line 47, in module from pysoltk import tkversion, loadImage, copyImage, createImage File /usr/local/share/pysol/src/pysoltk.py, line 81, in module exec from + m + import * File string, line 1, in module File /usr/local/share/pysol/src/tk/soundoptionsdialog.py, line 44, in module from pysolaudio import pysolsoundserver File /usr/local/share/pysol/src/pysolaudio.py, line 44, in module import pysolsoundserver ImportError: No module named pysolsoundserver [1] + exit 1 pysol earth% locate pysolsoundserver /usr/local/lib/python2.4/site-packages/pysolsoundserver.so earth% python --version Python 2.5.1 earth% ls -al /var/db/pkg | grep py drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 Sep 17 12:41 jabber-pyicq-transport-0.8a drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 Sep 17 12:41 py24-cairo-1.4.0_1 drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 Sep 17 12:41 py24-gtk-2.10.4_1 drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 Sep 17 12:41 py25-MySQLdb-1.2.2 drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 Sep 17 12:41 py25-gobject-2.12.3 drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 Sep 17 12:41 py25-imaging-1.1.6_2 drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 Sep 17 12:41 py25-libxml2-2.6.30 drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 Sep 17 12:41 py25-metar-0.12 drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 Sep 17 12:41 py25-numeric-24.2 drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 Sep 17 12:41 py25-openssl-0.6 drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 Sep 17 12:41 py25-setuptools-0.6c7 drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 Sep 17 12:41 py25-tkinter-2.5.1_2 drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 Sep 17 12:41 py25-twistedCore-2.5.0_2 drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 Sep 17 12:41 py25-twistedWeb-0.7.0 drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 Sep 17 12:41 py25-twistedWords-0.5.0 drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 Sep 17 12:41 py25-xml-0.8.4 drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 Sep 17 12:41 py25-zopeInterface-3.3.0.1 drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 Sep 17 12:41 pyWeather-0.1b drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 Sep 17 12:41 pyching-1.2.1_1 drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 Sep 17 12:41 pysol-4.82_1 drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 Sep 17 12:41 pysol-sound-server-3.01_2 drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 Sep 17 12:41 python-2.5,2 drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 Sep 17 12:41 python24-2.4.4_1 drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 Sep 17 12:41 python25-2.5.1 drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 Sep 17 12:42 xdpyinfo-1.0.2 What am I needing to fix, and how do I fix it? Thanks! -- David Benfell, LCP [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Resume available at http://www.parts-unknown.org/ NOTE: I sign all messages with GnuPG (0DD1D1E3). pgpFG0Mk9DZLI.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: SMTP Error from my server?
On Sep 17, 2007, at 5:25 PM, Chris Maness wrote: Can I turn it off for this sender? Presumably they or you can whitelist whichever address is being blocked, yes. I don't know which side is actually refusing the email as you've removed too much of the logging context to avoid revealing the client's email addy-- which isn't a bad reason, mind you, but it means we can't test it ourselves, so you'll have to fill in the details -- -Chuck ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: SMTP Error from my server?
Chuck Swiger wrote: The idea is pretty simple: when someone sends you an email, you delay accepting it until you can confirm that you can send a reply back to the sending address, or more precisely, check whether you can do a MAIL FROM: your domain and RCPT TO: the sender, and have it return OK, without actually going into the DATA phase and delivering a test message. This idea works fine for normal email addresses, but fails miserably with certain types of automated email which is not intended for people to reply to, and it also tends to lose out with TDMA (http://tmda.net/). More importantly, it also fails to work with itself-- other people using sender verification callouts cause a loop of failed deliveries, as neither side trusts the other. The larger problem as well is that it doesn't scale. Someone forging a From header out of a botnet could easily DDoS a smaller server completely off the net if enough people implemented this system. Antispam measures that are in and of themselves abusive aren't generally considered to be good ideas. -- Jay Chandler / KB1JWQ Living Legend / Systems Exorcist Today's Excuse: SCSI Chain overterminated ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Building a new workstation - dual or quad-core CPU for FreeBSD 7?
Philip M. Gollucci wrote: Kris Kennaway wrote: Josh Carroll wrote: That's good to know. You should be using libthr for threaded performance though :) That benchmark is probably almost all userland though, so performance may not suffer much from libpthread. Oh I wasn't sure if libthr was the preferred thread library for 6.2 also (I'd heard that was the case for -CURRENT). I should look into whether ffmpeg can be built with libthr instead and compare performance. Somewhat off topic, so I'll leave it at that, but thanks again for the great info. I'm really looking forward to 7.0-RELEASE, obviously :) Yeah, it is preferred on 6.x too (libkse has truly atrocious performance). It's trivial to change it over, just add an entry to /etc/libmap.conf: Really? I didn't you you were supposed to switch until 7.0 -- were the libthr chnages MFC'd and I missed it ? libthr has been around (and performing better than libkse) since the 5.x days and has been recommended for use since 6.0. I've read http://people.freebsd.org/~kris/scaling/mysql.html and http://wiki.freebsd.org/MySQL I've been following the discussions on this pretty closely on lists. PU: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5310 @ 1.60GHz (1597.53-MHz K8-class CPU) Origin = GenuineIntel Id = 0x6f7 Stepping = 7 Features=0xbfebfbffFPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CLFLUSH,DTS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,PBE Features2=0x4e33dSSE3,RSVD2,MON,DS_CPL,VMX,TM2,b9,CX16,b14,b15,b18 AMD Features=0x20100800SYSCALL,NX,LM AMD Features2=0x1LAHF Cores per package: 4 real memory = 9395240960 (8960 MB) avail memory = 8291323904 (7907 MB) FreeBSD/SMP: Multiprocessor System Detected: 8 CPUs uname -a FreeBSD hobbes.dca2.prod.rws 6.2-RELEASE FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE #0: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/SMP amd64 I'll recompile the kernel eventually to slim it down. using 4BSD scheduler since its 6.2 ls -1d /var/db/pkg/mysql* mysql-client-5.0.45 mysql-scripts-5.0.45 mysql-server-5.0.45 ldd /usr/local/libexec/mysqld mysqld: libz.so.3 = /lib/libz.so.3 (0x800a5c000) libwrap.so.4 = /usr/lib/libwrap.so.4 (0x800b7) libcrypt.so.3 = /lib/libcrypt.so.3 (0x800c79000) libstdc++.so.5 = /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.5 (0x800d92000) libm.so.4 = /lib/libm.so.4 (0x800f89000) libpthread.so.2 = /lib/libpthread.so.2 (0x8010a5000) libc.so.6 = /lib/libc.so.6 (0x8011d) sysctl kern.timecounter.choice kern.timecounter.choice: TSC(-100) ACPI-fast(1000) i8254(0) dummy(-100) sysctl kern.timecounter.hardware kern.timecounter.hardware: TSC Disks are: 1) RAID1(2 disks) OS array with mysql logs, replication logs, and innodb logs. 2) RAID1+0(6disks) innodb mysql data. 3) /tmp is a md0 malloc backed device Should be swap backed, but it won't make much difference on your workload. (I'm thinking of using tmpfs in 7.0 when I switch) tmpfs is not yet production-ready even though it performs better. using libmap.conf to use libc_r, libpthread, and libthr were all about equal actually for insert heavy operations. my.cnf innodb_thread_concurrency = 8 You want '0' or performance will suck. There's a basic architectural flaw in how mysql handles non-zero concurrency values here (innodb accesses are serialized by a global mutex that protects a counter to check if it should try to allow more innodb concurrency. Duh.) Anyway, assuming your disks can keep up you should see a big performance boost when you switch to 7.0. This is a fairly big if though: I don't know if it's even feasible for a write-heavy database to saturate 8 CPUs instead of being bottlenecked by disk speeds and leaving the CPUs mostly idle. Kris ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Bash mailing list?
On 2007-09-17 15:56, bsd [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, I would like to know if anyone of you knows a good maling list about bash programing (beginners). If you have particular questions about using bash(1) on FreeBSD, then this list is fine. If you are more interested in bash(1) internals, or tutorials for the shell itself, I would suggest browsing the http://www.gnu.org/software/ pages for the manual of the shell itself. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Building a new workstation - dual or quad-core CPU for FreeBSD 7?
Karol Kwiatkowski wrote: Wojciech Puchar wrote: Yes, 4BSD is still the default, although you definitely want to use ULE for performance reasons (NB: only on 7, dont use ULE on 6). I don't know whether the release engineers plan to change that default, but I will check. could you point to some URL/explain what's the actual difference. You may want to check Jeff Roberson's blog site. Kris posted some graphs on his site, too. Since it's about CURRENT, some results might be outdated already. Unfortunately my graphs are offline (the machine that was hosting them is being shipped trans-atlantically). There is still a pdf in www.freebsd.org/~kris/scaling though. It is slightly out of date: thesedays peak mysql performance is about 10-15% higher, with no scaling bottlenecks in the kernel on 8 CPUs (i.e. mysql itself is the only thing unable to scale to high loads due to bottlenecks and contention in the mysql userland code). postgresql performance is about 20-25% higher too (and 50-60% better performance than mysql). Some of these improvements come from work that will not be committed until after the 7.0 branch though. Kris ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
PR/51920: Please add Norwegian Collate support to FreeBSD
Today i found a very old but very useful PR which gave my FreeBSD servers the ability to properly sort strings containing characters in the norwegian alphabet. The default (la_LN.ISO8859-1/15) sorts by ASCII value which is not quite right. http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=conf/51920 I had to manually update the Makefile but the .src files where copied as is. I haven't found anything wrong with them, but I'll be happy to supply an update if anyone does. Please take a look at this old issue and put this PR to rest. -- Sten Daniel Soersdal ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Unable to delete a package
Hi, Peter: === Installing for libgda3-1.9.102_3 === libgda3-1.9.102_3 conflicts with installed package(s): libgda2-1.2.4_1,1 They install files into the same place. Please remove them first with pkg_delete(1). As people have noted you can use -f to force deletion. The problem you are experiencing would typically happen either because you are trying to install some top-level packages that are truly in conflict, in the sense that they depend on conflicting versions of libgda. Alternatively, you have older versions of various packages installed that depend on the older version of libgda3, and are now trying to install the gnome stuff from a newer ports tree. In this case you may want to perform a full upgrade (using portupgrade/portmanagaer/portmaster/etc). I'm using the command 'portsnap fetch update' each time before I do a 'make install clean' hoping that will cover me. I used portupgrade with 5.4 but switched to portsnap with 6.2 because I believed from the Handbook that it was a 'new and improved' way of maintaining my ports tree. Is this correct? Does portsnap do a better job than portupgrade or portsmanager? Do they all do the same thing (...in real life as well as on paper...)? Does portsnap automatically upgrade my programs or just the ports tree? And if I am using portsnap, can I use portupgrade or portsmanager as well, or will they cause a conflict? forcibly deleting the package will work, but the other packages depending on them will very likely break. I was concerned that something like that might happen but wasn't sure. Thanks! (As an aside, is it okay to run these installations from a terminal window from inside the Gnome GUI environment, or should I be outside of Gnome altogether when I do program installations/upgrades?) It doesn't matter, except in so far as any actions would kill your running terminal. I would suspect that the already running terminal would survive (certainly this is the case with most), though I don't know if the gnome terminal is doing stuff even after initial start-up that might cause it to die. (To be strict of course it's always safest to not run stuff you are actively upgrading, while upgrading. In practice though it tends to work.) I prefer to do upgrades and installations from outside the GUI. But I've added 'gdm_enable=Yes' to my rc.conf file so that the graphical login screen appears for most daily use. In order to get to the pre-GUI terminal as root, I have to log in as root into the GUI, comment out 'gdm_enable=Yes' in my rc.conf file, then reboot the machine so that I can run portsnap (or whatever) in the pre-GUI terminal. Then after running portupgrade, I have to re-edit my rc.conf in order to re-enable gdm and reboot again. Is there an easier way to get the pre-GUI terminal without having to reboot after commenting out 'gdm_enable=Yes' in my rc.conf file and then re-inserting it after I do an upgrade? I've tried Alt-Ctl-Backspace, and that does kill Gnome, but then it just bounces me back into the graphical login screen. Much appreciated, Larry ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How to add rule with pfctl...
Agus wrote:
2007/9/15, Mel [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
On Saturday 15 September 2007 23:18:17 Agus wrote:
I am trying to figure out how to add a firewall rule with pfctl...
This is what i'm trying to do...
I've got SEC that matches certain pattern and takes the IP from that and
want to trigger a firewall rule to block that IP
Then after a couple of hours SEC will trigger the command to un-block
the
IP...
So what i need is the command to block an IP address from command line,
not
touching any pf.conf
If you don't need to add a rule but an IP, then tables are your friend.
Example for /etc/pf.conf:
# Placeholder for spammers table, non-routable network IP.
table spammers persist { 192.168.111.111 }
# Block this traffic
block return-rst in log on $ext_if proto tcp from spammers port smtp
Then on the command line:
/sbin/pfctl -t spammers -Tadd ip.from.new.spammer
And to delete:
/sbin/pfctl -t spammers -Tdel ip.from.old.spammer
--
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Hi,
I put this on /etc/pf.conf
external_addr=192.168.1.11 which is the address of the only interface.
This machine isn't a router.
block drop in quick on $ext_if inet proto tcp from 192.168.0.1 to
$external_addr port ssh
but when i try to connect from 192.168.0.1 i connect with no problems...this
rule is to block access..
What am i doing wrong..is my first time with pf...
Thankss...
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2007/9/17, Goltsios Theodore [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Well I think that you mean to add this:
ext_if=rl0 # Or whatever your interface is ifconfig helps to find out
block drop in quick on $ext_if inet proto tcp from 192.168.0.1 to $ext_if
port ssh
or even:
ext_if=rl0
external_addr=192.168.1.11
block drop in quick on $ext_if inet proto tcp from 192.168.0.1 to
$external_addr port ssh
Think of macros as variables. As long as you don't define them they don't
exist (are empty).
I knowTheodore, i've done it exactly like u put itfirst declare macros
and then the rule
but i couldn't block access to the machinethis rule is supposed to block
all access to port 22 on the machine coming from 192.168.0.1but I can
access from there...
i checked pfctl -e
pfctl -sa
and everything seems to be loaded...
Thanks...
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Re: SMTP Error from my server?
Jay Chandler wrote: Chris Maness wrote: Chris Maness wrote: Jay Chandler wrote: Chris Maness wrote: I have not seen this error before. What does it mean? (I will change the actual e-mail to protect the address from spam bots). To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Mail Administrator Postmaster@PostmasterDomain Subject: Mail System Error - Returned Mail Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2007 14:48:17 -0400 This Message was undeliverable due to the following reason: Your message was not delivered because the return address was refused. The return address was [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please reply to Postmaster@PostmasterDomain if you feel this message to be in error. Chris Maness Sys Admin Looks to me like a failed sender verification callout-- these are generally construed to be abusive. I can't easily tell from your munging whether it's your server or Adelphia that's doing it, though. This is the only e-mail address that I am having this problem with, and it has been going on for a year or so now. What other info would you guys need to tell what it is. I guess I don't understand the whole sender verification callout I'll have to do a little google to find out. Thanks, Chris Maness Sys Admin for a couple of tiny domains. p.s. I read up on this and I believe this would be a problem on the sender side. Is the something like an access file that I can change to just allow this particular sender without the check? Chris Maness Give me a bit of a hand here. Can you tell me what server the original message is being sent from, what server is kicking out that message, and which one you control? I don't need IPs, but call 'em Server A and Server B; the way you have it described is rather unclear. --J Thanks guys. I just white listed the sender and I will have the sender run a test to see if it works now. Thanks, Chris Maness KQ6UP ;o) ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How to add rule with pfctl...
On Mon, Sep 17, 2007 at 11:30:03PM -0300, Agus wrote:
Agus wrote:
2007/9/15, Mel [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
On Saturday 15 September 2007 23:18:17 Agus wrote:
I am trying to figure out how to add a firewall rule with pfctl...
This is what i'm trying to do...
I've got SEC that matches certain pattern and takes the IP from that and
want to trigger a firewall rule to block that IP
Then after a couple of hours SEC will trigger the command to un-block
the
IP...
So what i need is the command to block an IP address from command line,
not
touching any pf.conf
If you don't need to add a rule but an IP, then tables are your friend.
Example for /etc/pf.conf:
# Placeholder for spammers table, non-routable network IP.
table spammers persist { 192.168.111.111 }
# Block this traffic
block return-rst in log on $ext_if proto tcp from spammers port smtp
Then on the command line:
/sbin/pfctl -t spammers -Tadd ip.from.new.spammer
And to delete:
/sbin/pfctl -t spammers -Tdel ip.from.old.spammer
--
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Hi,
I put this on /etc/pf.conf
external_addr=192.168.1.11 which is the address of the only interface.
This machine isn't a router.
block drop in quick on $ext_if inet proto tcp from 192.168.0.1 to
$external_addr port ssh
but when i try to connect from 192.168.0.1 i connect with no problems...this
rule is to block access..
What am i doing wrong..is my first time with pf...
Thankss...
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2007/9/17, Goltsios Theodore [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Well I think that you mean to add this:
ext_if=rl0 # Or whatever your interface is ifconfig helps to find out
block drop in quick on $ext_if inet proto tcp from 192.168.0.1 to $ext_if
port ssh
or even:
ext_if=rl0
external_addr=192.168.1.11
block drop in quick on $ext_if inet proto tcp from 192.168.0.1 to
$external_addr port ssh
Think of macros as variables. As long as you don't define them they don't
exist (are empty).
I knowTheodore, i've done it exactly like u put itfirst declare macros
and then the rule
but i couldn't block access to the machinethis rule is supposed to block
all access to port 22 on the machine coming from 192.168.0.1but I can
access from there...
i checked pfctl -e
pfctl -sa
and everything seems to be loaded...
Thanks...
Are you sure that you're trying to block only from a specific host?
The source address shouldn't change, even if you're doing nat. I
would assume that you'd want an 'any' keyword there, rather than a
specific IP address.
Also, you can add hosts to the table automatically based on number of
connections over a given period of time:
block quick from blackhole
pass on $ext_if inet proto tcp from any to $myip port 22 flags S/SA keep state
(max-src-conn-rate 5/30, overload blackhole flush global)
The first rule blocks hosts from the blackhole table. The second adds
hosts to the blackhole table and kills their state if they connect
more than 5 times in 30 seconds. This is obviously tunable-- 3/30
would be 3 connections in 30 seconds, and 8/60 would be 8 connections
in 60 seconds.
Erik
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Re: SMTP Error from my server?
Yep, white listing fixed the bounce. Thanks guys. Chris Maness ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Clarification on updating FreeBSD through csup
Daniel Bye wrote: On Mon, Sep 17, 2007 at 09:24:26PM +0400, Rakhesh Sasidharan wrote: I understand I can use csup to follow the RELENG_62 branch. After the sources are downloaded, do I have to follow all the steps outlined in this (http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/makeworld.html) handbook document? I can understand building and installing world and kernel, but would I have to reboot to single user and do the mergemaster stuff too? If you follow the complete rebuild instructions, yes. If you follow the instructions for *patching* the system as given in the relevant security notifications, then only if those instructions say so. You do subscribe to security-notifications@, don't you? ;-) Err, not yet but I just did after seeing your mail. :) Now that you mention, yes, I had seen those security notifications and they mention what to do by way of patching. Great! That's better. I *think* I might not have to do mergemaster coz security updates shouldn't have changes in the /etc files and so there'd be no need for merging files. Sometimes, the security fixes involve changes under /etc. The recent jails error comes to mind, as a case in point. Thanks for the example. I'd suggest trying it out on a non-critical system, so as to familiarise yourself with the procedure. You'll be glad you did. That's the plan. I wanted to try this method out (a) to familiarize myself with it, and (b) I understand if one builds custom kernels then the freebsd-update method won't work ... I've csuped the RELENG_62 branch, now I'll check out the patches and try applying them. Thanks for your inputs! - Rakhesh http://rakhesh.net/ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Good FreeBSD Supported Gigabit Ethernet Card?
Preston Hagar wrote: On 9/14/07, Oliver Hansen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm looking to eventually upgrade my home network to all gigabit so I'm going to start by purchasing a few NICs for some old servers I just received. I know there are quite a few supported by FreeBSD6 which I found ( http://www.freebsd.org/releases/6.0R/hardware-i386.html#ETHERNET ) but I'm wondering if there is any real benefit in buying a $40 or $50 NIC like the Netgear GA311 or just get a $20 NIC like the D-Link DFE-530TX+. The use will probably be a firewall, proxy, file server, and DVR. http://www.EagleBit.com/Netgear_GA311_Gigabit_PCI_Card_p/eb-400-00357.htm -- Oliver Hansen http://www.oliverhansen.com As others have stated, Intel's are great. I would highly recommend them. Just as a heads up in case you weren't aware, in your research and purchase watch out for vendors switching chipsets within card models. Linksys is very bad about this.--snip-- Usually, no matter what the chipset, Intels seem to be well supported. I also had good success with the D-Link DGE-560T PCI Express card and the DGE-530T PCI card under OpenBSD. Hope this helps. Preston Thank you Preston and others. I have ordered 4 Intel PWLA8391GT PRO/1000 GT PCI NICs*. *The Intels seemed like a natural choice considering their support and the fact that I've had no issues with them on other platforms. Thanks again for the help. -- Oliver Hansen http://www.oliverhansen.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Unable to delete a package
I'm using the command 'portsnap fetch update' each time before I do a 'make install clean' hoping that will cover me. I used portupgrade with 5.4 but switched to portsnap with 6.2 because I believed from the Handbook that it was a 'new and improved' way of maintaining my ports tree. Is this correct? Does portsnap do a better job than portupgrade or portsmanager? Do they all do the same thing (...in real life as well as on paper...)? Does portsnap automatically upgrade my programs or just the ports tree? And if I am using portsnap, can I use portupgrade or portsmanager as well, or will they cause a conflict? portsnap is the new alternative to cvsup for keeping your ports tree up to date. It will not keep your installed packages up to date however. Typically one would use portsnap for the ports tree, and then some other tool for package upgrades. The most official and traditional tools seems to be portupgrade (ports-mgmt/portupgrade). If /usr/ports/UPDATING has special instructions they tend to be for portupgrade. I have personally found portmanager to work better (ports-mgmt/portmanager), and have recently began trying out portmaster (ports-mgmt/portmaster). The redeeming feature of portmanager is that it attempts to recreate your package installation in such a state as you would have gotten had you done a clean 'make install' on a fresh ports tree with no packages installed, while portupgrade and, as far as I can tell also portmaster, tries to be smart and update only packages that have actually changed, and honor dependency information. I have found that in practice trying to be smart just leads to trouble (someone feel free to flame me). You may want to try both approaches. I prefer to do upgrades and installations from outside the GUI. But I've added 'gdm_enable=Yes' to my rc.conf file so that the graphical login screen appears for most daily use. In order to get to the pre-GUI terminal as root, I have to log in as root into the GUI, comment out 'gdm_enable=Yes' in my rc.conf file, then reboot the machine so that I can run portsnap (or whatever) in the pre-GUI terminal. Then after running portupgrade, I have to re-edit my rc.conf in order to re-enable gdm and reboot again. Is there an easier way to get the pre-GUI terminal without having to reboot after commenting out 'gdm_enable=Yes' in my rc.conf file and then re-inserting it after I do an upgrade? I've tried Alt-Ctl-Backspace, and that does kill Gnome, but then it just bounces me back into the graphical login screen. Ctrl-Alt-F1, f2, f3 etc will switch to the respective virtual console while X is still running. You can then switch back to X (probably at virtual console 7, 8 or something). If you want gdm to die you have to actually kill gdm; otherwise it will restart the X server when you kill the previous instance (thinking you just logged out of your session). -- / Peter Schuller PGP userID: 0xE9758B7D or 'Peter Schuller [EMAIL PROTECTED]' Key retrieval: Send an E-Mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: http://www.scode.org pgpHuh90UoABk.pgp Description: PGP signature
